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<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=42011.1"> <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=42011.1">Weird DNS issue</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42011_1_6_10"> <a name="a42011_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_42011_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">11 Aug 2017 10:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42011.1">42011.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Client needs new domain, switch primary domain on web hosting to new domain, forward old domain (on different registrar) to new domain. Client loses access to emails from old domain. Restore settings on old domain web admin to 3d pty hosting (IP & name servers). Client still can't get emails, and old domain returns unknown host in browser.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42011.1&return_msg=42011.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42011.1"> <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_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=42011.1" 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=42011.1#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=42011.1" 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=42011.1#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=42011.1" 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=42011.1" 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=42011.1#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=42011.1" 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>