Weird DNS issue - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.0&return_msg=42011.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.1">1–6</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42011.2">Weird DNS issue</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42011_2_6_10"> <a name="a42011_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">11 Aug 2017 19:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">2 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.2">42011.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Solved: by hosting the old domain we were able to edit the zone settings, which weren't exposed in the registrar's web admin.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.2&return_msg=42011.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42011_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)<span class="message_time">18 Aug 2017 17:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Aug 2017 19:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.3">42011.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.2#a42011_2" target="_self">42011.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well that's just rubbish... If you (not YOU, you understand..) give a client control of this stuff, why is it only partial?!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.3&return_msg=42011.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42011_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">18 Aug 2017 19:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Serg (NUKKLEAR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Aug 2017 13:13"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.4">42011.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.2#a42011_3" target="_self">42011.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Not really the registrar's fault, for whatever reason the guy who configured the email used zone settings on the web host (even though MX pointed at google mail servers), which I unknowingly nuked when I switched over to the new primary domain. When I added the old domain back as an additional non-primary, the zone settings re-appeared and he was able to restore the MX records. But he could have configured them from the registrar's web admin for the old domain.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.4&return_msg=42011.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42011_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: gracia (GRACEINC)<span class="message_time">22 Aug 2017 15:13</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">5 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.5">42011.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I cannot understand why clients need switches?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.5&return_msg=42011.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42011_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">22 Aug 2017 15:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: gracia (GRACEINC) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 Aug 2017 06:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.6">42011.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.2#a42011_5" target="_self">42011.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ones who get domain + hosting from same provider mostly don't. Ours is a fooking mess.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.6&return_msg=42011.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>