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Ecohost does not currently run nameservers for domains that were registered with 3rd party registrars, so if you have registered your domain with another registrar you will need to use the advanced DNS settings provided by your domain registrar.

A Records

Domain registrars vary in what advanced DNS settings are provided, but you can usually update your domain's A records and MX records.

Usually we suggest adding a minimum of two A records. For example, if your hosting is on a server with the IP address 80.240.88.45, you could add the following A records.

@ 80.240.88.45 (sometimes blank)

* 80.240.88.45 (wildcard)

@ : This is an @ symbol which represents the plain domain. For example 'mydomain.com'. With some registrars, this is just left blank, rather than adding an @ symbol.

* : This is a wildcard symbol which points anything.mydomain.com to the server. This allows you to set up subdomains such as www.mydomain.com or mail.mydomain.com.

MX records.

To use email for your domain you need to set at least one MX record.

After setting a wildcard above, we usually set at least one MX record

mail.mydomain.com     priority 10

This record needs to point to the same IP address:  80.240.88.45

My registrar has no advanced DNS settings.

If your domain registrar does not provide advanced DNS settings in the control panel you may need to move your domain to a registrar that does, such as our registrar's control panel at http://domains.ecohost.coop

We are planning to start running nameservers in the near future which will allow us to help customers who don't have access to advanced DNS settings.