Hi allYou have a domain, for e.g. example.com. Please post your domain name
I'm thinking about moving the mail server for a domain I own from
the standard one provided by my ISP, to a dedicated server (using mythicbeasts).
The MX record for this domain was originally set up by a friend in
the ISP/hosting world with whom I've lost touch. I think it has moved
around a bit over the years as well. So I have no login details for
the domain server (currently mail.truespeed.com FWIW)
Having half-thought through the mail server migration process, I
presume at some point I have to arrange for the MX record to be
updated (or the DNS server to be changed?). Can anyone advice on the
hoops might I have to go through to get this done without having a
login?
Hi all
I'm thinking about moving the mail server for a domain I own from
the standard one provided by my ISP, to a dedicated server (using
mythicbeasts).
The MX record for this domain was originally set up by a friend in the ISP/hosting world with whom I've lost touch. I think it has moved around
a bit over the years as well. So I have no login details for the domain server (currently mail.truespeed.com FWIW)
Having half-thought through the mail server migration process, I presume
at some point I have to arrange for the MX record to be updated (or the
DNS server to be changed?). Can anyone advice on the hoops might I have
to go through to get this done without having a login?
Thanks for any thoughts jon N
You have a domain, for e.g. example.com. Please post your domain name
here.
In the authoritative servers of com. your zone is delegated to your DNS servers by NS records (e.g. to ns.example.com). It also has the A and
AAAA records for the domain names of your DNS server (also called glue records). If you are the owner of that domain, you can change the
delegation to the servers you want. Then you can set the MX record the
way you like.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:57:45 -0800, jkn wrote:
Hi all
I'm thinking about moving the mail server for a domain I own from
the standard one provided by my ISP, to a dedicated server (using mythicbeasts).
The MX record for this domain was originally set up by a friend in the ISP/hosting world with whom I've lost touch. I think it has moved around
a bit over the years as well. So I have no login details for the domain server (currently mail.truespeed.com FWIW)
Having half-thought through the mail server migration process, I presume
at some point I have to arrange for the MX record to be updated (or the
DNS server to be changed?). Can anyone advice on the hoops might I have
to go through to get this done without having a login?
Thanks for any thoughts jon NI assume that you can confirm/prove that you own the domain?
If it was registered by someone else on your behalf you may have trouble confirming that you are the real owner.
WHOIS should tell you who the registered owner is and hopefully which organisation is managing the domain.
Obviously nobody would want random modification of MX records without stringent security checks.
Marco Moock <mo...@posteo.de> wrote:
You have a domain, for e.g. example.com. Please post your domain nameIn other words, start with the people you pay for the domain.
here.
In the authoritative servers of com. your zone is delegated to your DNS servers by NS records (e.g. to ns.example.com). It also has the A and
AAAA records for the domain names of your DNS server (also called glue records). If you are the owner of that domain, you can change the delegation to the servers you want. Then you can set the MX record the
way you like.
Typically domain registrars also offer a DNS hosting service, and in their control panel will likely be an option 'use our DNS server' or 'use third party DNS server'. Switching to their DNS server is often free, and you can then set things up from there.
If the domain currently has other things on it that you want to keep (a webserver, for example), I'd start by taking a copy of the DNS records for the domain. Your current DNS host may not allow a bulk download of the DNS but you can run individual queries here: https://dnschecker.org/all-dns-records-of-domain.php
Run through the different query types and make a note of the results. Be
sure to do this for any subdomains you might have (example.com, www.example.com, mail.example.com, etc)
You can then regenerate the setup on your new DNS server.
Note this only works if whoever hosts your services (web, email, etc)
doesn't have any fancy load balancing stuff, ie there's exactly one server that hosts each service and it doesn't change from hour to hour.
If that's not the case your web/mail/etc host will have their own DNS server to implement that, and you'd be better telling your DNS host to use that.
If this sounds complicated, you can also just transfer your domain to
whoever hosts your web/email/etc and they will keep it all under one roof.
Yeah, I have full control and ownership of the domain itself, phewThen you can run your own DNS server and delegate your zone to them.
Am Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:50:40 -0800 (PST)
schrieb jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk>:
Yeah, I have full control and ownership of the domain itself, phewThen you can run your own DNS server and delegate your zone to them.
Then you can do what you want.
I want to ... not really do that [run my own DNS server] ;-)In my opinion, this is the best solution because you control it. But
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 1:39:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:57:45 -0800, jkn wrote:Hi David
Hi all I'm thinking about moving the mail server for a domain I ownI assume that you can confirm/prove that you own the domain?
from the standard one provided by my ISP, to a dedicated server
(using mythicbeasts).
The MX record for this domain was originally set up by a friend in
the ISP/hosting world with whom I've lost touch. I think it has moved
around a bit over the years as well. So I have no login details for
the domain server (currently mail.truespeed.com FWIW)
Having half-thought through the mail server migration process, I
presume at some point I have to arrange for the MX record to be
updated (or the DNS server to be changed?). Can anyone advice on the
hoops might I have to go through to get this done without having a
login?
Thanks for any thoughts jon N
If it was registered by someone else on your behalf you may have
trouble confirming that you are the real owner.
WHOIS should tell you who the registered owner is and hopefully which
organisation is managing the domain.
Obviously nobody would want random modification of MX records without
stringent security checks.
Yeah, I have full control and ownership of the domain itself, phew
J^n
Am Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:39:36 -0800 (PST)
schrieb jkn <jkn_gg@nicorp.f9.co.uk>:
I want to ... not really do that [run my own DNS server] ;-)In my opinion, this is the best solution because you control it. But
you need to figure out what DNS server software (e.g. BIND9) you like
to use and how to configure it. If you don't want that, you can
delegate it to a provider that does that for you, you just need to tell
them the records you want to set.
Marco Moock <mo...@posteo.de> wrote:
Am Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:39:36 -0800 (PST)
schrieb jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk>:
There isn't really a good reason to run your own DNS servers. Sure you control it, but ultimately you control your domain so you are always free to fire your DNS host and move elsewhere if they annoy you.I want to ... not really do that [run my own DNS server] ;-)In my opinion, this is the best solution because you control it. But
you need to figure out what DNS server software (e.g. BIND9) you like
to use and how to configure it. If you don't want that, you can
delegate it to a provider that does that for you, you just need to tell them the records you want to set.
You'd need at least two DNS servers (primary and secondary, on different networks ideally) and they want to be on fairly resilient infrastructure (don't host them at home on your ADSL) because if they stop working your whole domain becomes inaccessible, and if they're slow then that affects anyone who wants to access your sites. If you were a business with full
time IT staff I could see the merits (lots of complicated network config you might wish to manage, eg via scripts) but for the average person with a simple web site and simple mail hosting there's no compelling reason to DIY, IMHO.
Since you're going to have to rent server time to host your own servers, might as well pay someone with a proper DNS hosting service if you need
that, or for basic uses make use of the free one from your domain registrar.
Theo
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