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Date:  Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:02:39 +0300
From:  Arthur Sherman <arturs (at mark) netvision.net.il>
Subject:  [coba-e:12411] Re: Pointing Virtual Sites
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <013d01c894c1$d4e6beb0$e5b418ac@dell>
In-Reply-To:  <47F3628F.1070706 (at mark) dogsbody.org>
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> >> I prefer to make it manually than delegate it to some one else. :)
> > 
> > It is manual if you use GoDaddy. I'm moving some of my DNS over to 
> > them as one advantage is having DNS on another network. If 
> there is a 
> > problem with my server or my host's network, my DNS doesn't 
> disappear.
> 
> Dan is absolutely right that you should serve your DNS from a 
> separate location than your server so if your server goes 
> down your DNS is still live.  This is essential for your 
> running an MX backup otherwise you have a backup mailserver 
> but know one knows were it is because your DNS is down.
> 
> However, there is still no problem at all with using BQ as 
> the primary DNS server.  While I run all my own servers and 
> pay an ISP to host them I also buy MX backup and Secondary 
> DNS from another ISP, it's dirt cheap £20 per year and some 
> server ISPs I've seen even offer offsite secondary DNS as 
> part of the hosting fee.
> 
> Just my 0.02 GBP
> 
> Dan


Thanks, your 0.02 GBP taken too. :)
I will talk to both GoDaddy and ISP in order to set them as backup NS.


Best,
--

Arthur Sherman