Ahem, "relocaded" should read "reloaded" Sorry
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Bruce Clement <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Jochen Daum <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> You need to find a email provider that can host your email without >> having to have the DNS for it. All of them do it, you just can't use >> Freeparking as they have the DNS currently. >> >> Move DNS to somewhere without email, but keep MX records in place, so >> they point to Freeparking. I'm pretty sure they won't drop the email >> boxes, because DNS is somewhere else, only Xtra does that (better >> check though) >> >> Then set up new email and point MX to the new server. Wait 24 h. >> >> Then move DNS to final place. > > This is probably the best you can do. If it's a .nz domain, the master > DNS gets relocaded on the hour (nominal) so I suggest that you change > DNS at 5 minutes before the hour to minimise downtime > >> BTW, we just discovered this problem as well with Webdrive, so will >> likely move DNS somewhere completely else in any case, currently >> probably nettica.com > > Yes, as far as I know they all do this. > > Sorry to plug my own blog, but I vented about this 17 months ago > http://domainingnz.blogspot.com/2008/10/beware-of-free-dns-services.html > > The best time to move off your registrar's DNS is beore you start > getting traffic. The 2nd best time is today. > > > > -- > Bruce Clement > > Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement > Google Buzz: http://www.google.com/profiles/aotearoanz > > "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good > appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail > Kalashnikov > -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement Google Buzz: http://www.google.com/profiles/aotearoanz "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nzphpug+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
