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02-25-2008, 08:09 PM #1Newbie
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MX record domain has expired. I need it chaged, kinda lost on what to do..
I have a site mydomain-name.com that is running and the mail server for it was mail.mydomain-name.org
However the mydomain-name.org has expired and I don't want to renew it. I just want to use the .com domain and have the mail use mail.mydomain-name.com
So i created the MX records for the .com domain .. Now my question is do i have to also contact my registar for the domain and ask them to update their records so that now it points to the new MX ??
I am really new at this stuff so please bare with me.. when i do an nslookup in DOS it still shows the .org as my mail server.
mydomain-name.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.mydomain-name.org
Is this something that needs to be changed at the registrar level ??
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02-25-2008, 09:16 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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You don't have to let your registrar know unless they're the ones providing DNS for the domain. You should be able to just make the changes on your DNS server that is authoritative for the domain. However, it can take some time for the changes to go through, based on the TTL value and some randomness.
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02-25-2008, 10:26 PM #3Disabled
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You registrar has control over your name server entries only and the MX needs to be added to your dns zones, probably using your control panel such as plesk or cpanel (depending on what is installed.)
try a dns lookup after its added so that you d know when to start sending / receiving mails
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02-25-2008, 10:54 PM #4Newbie
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02-25-2008, 10:56 PM #5Newbie
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02-25-2008, 10:59 PM #6Disabled
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in that case, yes, you should contact your registrar.
Many registrars have their dns editing tool online and you should be having one too, which would help you setup the MX without actually contacting them.
you can try dnsstuff.com for dns lookups
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02-25-2008, 11:04 PM #7Newbie
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02-25-2008, 11:48 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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The server where your domain is hosted does not have nameservers running?
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02-26-2008, 12:29 AM #9Newbie
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02-26-2008, 08:11 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Ok, then contact the host
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02-26-2008, 08:45 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Why not give http://www.zoneedit.com a try. They are free, but only for 1 domain the last time I check.