"tHatDudeUK" <randomcharacter4spammers@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:bvi0s9$rrr25$1@ID-158809.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "wesley" <w_olandat@yahoodot.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.02.01.04.11.01.675296@yahoodot.com.. .
> > I
> > simply changed my A/C/MX records from their IP to mine and left their
DNS
> > servers as authorative.
>
> For some reason my registrar doesn't have those features.:( I have found
> something called www.zoneedit.com I think I need to use the services of
> something like that. All too confusing for me :-S


There are three things to do to get your web pages appearing at the domain
name...


1. register the domain name. this is like owning it. the registrar doesnt
actually do much, they
just let the DNS root servers know where your domain name server is

2. pay for DNS hosting/management, or run named t yourself. your ISP may
become a secondary off your primary.

This is good for reliability, and also because you need to have two DNS
servers to put into the website for 1. when you tell registrar at 1 to get
dns pages from IP address blah, this is called 'delegation'.

3. DNS entires for www, MX ..


4. Web server correctly set up - you need to have the pages loaded, and the
web server ready to supply those pages. when requests for your domain arrive
at it. you can do that yourself, or use a web host


Often your web host will do the DNS hosting for you, they may provide a Web
based access to the DNS page5. so you can edit it.


5. reverse DNS on your IP address is up to your ISP, who owns the IP
address...