Third party DNS Hosting

[Marc DeLuca]

I'm really hoping that someone can point me in the right direction. I have
a (remote) dedicated webserver which I lease. It is running Window 2000
Server. Everything used to work perfect until my server hosting company
decided to begin charging outrageous DNS hosting fees. When this occured, I
began using a DNS provider and everything worked fine with the exception
that e-mail could not be sent out from any of the domains on the server.

SERVER SETTINGS

'Use the following IP addresses:

IP: 66.xxx.xxx.110
Subnet Mask: 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway: 66.xxx.xxx.xxx


Use the following DNS server addresses:

66.xxx.xxx.xxx (DNS hosted by webserver leasing co.)
207.xxx.xxx.xxx (DNS hosted by webserver leasing co.)


ADVANCED TCP/IP SETTINGS:

IP Addresses:
66.xxx.xxx.110 (DNS hosted by webserver provider)
66.xxx.xxx.111 (www.mydomain1.com DNS hosted by 3rd party)
66.xxx.xxx.112 (www.mydomain2.com DNS hosted by 3rd party)
66.xxx.xxx.113 (www.mydomain3.com DNS hosted by 3rd party)
66.xxx.xxx.114 (www.mydomain4.com DNS hosted by 3rd party)
66.xxx.xxx.115 (www.mydomain5.com DNS hosted by 3rd party)

I suspect that my problem sending e-mail is due to using different DNS
hosting providers since that is when my problem started. What I want to do
is set everything to the same 3rd party DNS provider but my webserver
hosting provider says that that will lead to problems. If I listen to their
advice, I'll never send e-mail unless I pay sky high DNS hosting fees. Can
someone please provide some suggestions? I'm commited with my current
hosting company for close to a year from now so changing is not a good
option at this time.

Thank you

 

[Steve Suehring]

A couple thoughts based on your description of the problem: Have you
tried looking at the whois data for the domains to make sure that the
authoritative DNS server is who you think? Also, possibly try using
nslookup (set type=mx) to find out what the mail exchanger(s) for the
domains are.

Steve

 

[Marc DeLuca]

Yes, the whois data correctly shows the domain pointing to the correct DNS
provider. I don't understand your second question (I'm not network savy),
but I have created MX records.

Where do I go to use nslookup?

Thank you