Hi Trent,
Yes, you're close, let me try to clarify:
> If I understand correctly, this is what you are looking for:
>
> DNS settings for domainname.com
domainname2.com
> CNAME (same as parent) {IP address of web server}
> CNAME www {IP address of web server}
As I understand CNAME is in the form of "domain1.com", and can't be IP
> A mail {IP address of mail server}
Yes
> MX mail.domainname.com {this will reference the A record above for the IP
> address}
Yes but not domainname1.com, should be domainname2.com (the A record just
referenced above)
However, MS DNS will NOT let me put the first CNAME and the MX for
mail.domainname2.com in the domainname2.com record together.
It will let me put MX domainname1.com and the first CNAME in the record
together.
>
> That way when someone sends mail to domainname.com, it knows where the
> server is. If someone goes to www.domainname.com it goes to the web
server.
Web to be aliased to domainname1.com (this way if user types
www.domainname2.com then "http://domainname2.com/anyotherpages.asp"; shows up
in their browser and not http://www.domainname1.com) and mail to the A
record for mail.domainname2.com.
David
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