I am using the paid dynDNS for a host and I thought it automatically created the Alias record for the www.domain.com address, but I had to setup the alias for the mail.domain.com and MX records. Don't know about the free accounts, can you create an CNAME\alias?
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Andrew @ ATM Logic <atmlo...@netv.ca>wrote: > Its static, and the domain is as below, www.tardiff.gotdns.com, > DynDNS.com is providing the DNS. This account looks 'exactly' like a the > other free accounts I have with them where the mail.domainname.gotdns.comis > working just fine. > > > > From my end www.tardiff.gotdns.com will not resolve, however > tardiff.gotdns.com does correctly resolve. The server does send and > receive email just fine, and it does not have a website on it, so that does > not matter. Its day job is to receive email for the organization and allow > local clients to backup... and a little bit of port forwarding. Its just > strange the www. and mail. no longer resolve?? > > > > So... is this ISP, or DNS provider, or something that failed in the > backup/restore or... am I just missing a step? > > > > *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto: > tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *K Lesko > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:16 AM > > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] cannot ping mail.domain.com > > > > Also, even if it is dynamic you can test it out by putting the current IP > into the dynDNS account. The ddclient in SME just updates the IP > automatically when it changes. > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:12 AM, K Lesko <kle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dynamic or static IP? If you are using dynamic IP you need to put you > dynDNS account username:password into the SME server. > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Aaron Hackney <aa...@aaronhackney.com> > wrote: > > What's the real domain? Who's the DNS provider? > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Andrew @ ATM Logic <atmlo...@netv.ca> > wrote: > > sorry I was just using domain in place of the 'real' name. > > > > Its actually www.tardiff.gotdns.com and no, nothing with MX records, > > however for these setups in the past I have never set the MX records > either. > > > > I am guessing that I would NOT be able to call the ISP to do this in any > > case as they have told the client (that has 4 business accounts with them > > and all Static IP's) they do not allow this service on their network. > > (Yet... they have had this for almost 10 years) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Hackney > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:39 AM > > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] cannot ping mail.domain.com > > > > nslookup here is showing that www.domain.gotdns.com and > > mail.domain.gotdns.com are C-NAMES for domain.gotdns.com > > and the MX record that is coming back for gotdns.com is > > mx2.mailhop.org mx1.mailhop.org > > > > Did you set the MX records or are those default? > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Andrew @ ATM Logic <atmlo...@netv.ca> > > wrote: > >> Any thoughts on this... I had to replace a failing SME 7.x box due to > >> age/failing drives. I did the backup and restore option and everything > >> seemed to go very smooth. > >> > >> > >> > >> However then things got really weird with the DNS. They are setup to > use > >> the free dyndns.org with domain.gotdns.com and life was grand for > years. > > I > >> guess the new server was not reporting to dyndns, and my free account > was > >> removed. Not a big deal, I have a number of paid accounts so with a > phone > >> call we sorted this out, and I added them to my other account. > >> > >> > >> > >> Now the problem is this, and I am not sure how or why as I have never > had > > to > >> do anything 'special' before to get this working... but > >> > >> > >> > >> the only address that resolves is domain.gotdns.com > >> > >> > >> > >> www.domain.gotdns.com does not and > >> > >> mail.domain.gotdns.com does not > >> > >> > >> > >> Yes these work perfectly fine on my other free accounts ?? > >> > >> > >> > >> Any thoughts on this, and how to fix it? > >> > >> > >> > >> The server does seem to snd/rec mail fine as long as you on the inside > > LAN, > >> outside users cannot. I was also told that the ISP had made some recent > >> changes to their network, but... not sure how they could be 'blocking' > > these > >> DNS requests. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you > > come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people > > who have come alive." -Dr. Howard Thurman > > > > ****************************** > > Aaron Keith Hackney > > aa...@aaronkeithstudios.com > > Cell 210.325.2196 > > ****************************** > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > > > -- > "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you > come alive and then go do that. 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