[BNM] 123-reg

[Joe Aliferis]

thanks for that

it looks like the route we will be taking

joe


Jay Caines-Gooby wrote:
> On 11/19/07, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>> why Gnadi ?
>>
>> we want to move too
> 
> You don't need to transfer your domains out, or move from one single
> point of failure to another potential one, all you have to do is alter
> the nameserver records at 123 reg to point to a 3rd party DNS
> provider.
> 
> My setup is as follows:
> 
> 1. Register domains (.com and .co.uk) at Go Daddy.
> 
> 2. Add the domains to my DNS Made Easy account
> 
> 3. Use the Go Daddy web interface to set the nameservers for the
> relevant domains to be ns0, ns1, ns2, ns3 & ns4.dnsmadeeasy.com
> 
> 4. Create some MX secondaries (currently a free service) at rollernet.us
> 
> 5. Add the rollernet MX hosts to the domains via the DNS Made Easy control panel
> 
> This way I can use whomever I currently favor to physically register
> the domains, but I don't have to rely on them or their ineptitude to
> serve them. And even if something disastrous does go wrong, I've not
> put all my eggs in one basket, because the rollernet secondaries will
> pick up email if something happens to my primary mailservers, or even
> then main DNS...
> 
>