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02-01-2006, 05:33 PM

Hi guys i know this is a silly question but im going nuts trying to figure it out..so where better to come to thennnnnn Gfy !

i have a domain name that i purchased.and what i wana do is set up an email account with that domian but all emails that will be going into it will be redirected to my hotmail account. How would i do that? ive been looking all over for it in name cheap but cant find it !

please help

prime · 02-01-2006, 07:17 PM

1. you need to have a mail service setup for your domain
2. ask your hosting company about this. was it setup on their centralized mail server? or was installed on your box? shared box?
3. if it was on their centralized mail server
( just ask them to point [email protected] > [email protected])
4. if it was setup on your box, or shared box. And fully managed by them, then ask them to do the redirect request.
5. once done, you should have the ip of mail.domain.com.
go to your dns registrar control panel and change the MX records ( simply by pointing mail.domain.com = to the IP that was given by your host.
6. wait for 24 hours for a fully functional mail system.

* its better to have your mail hosted by your hosting company dedicated mail server.

02-01-2006, 05:33 PM	#1
Borka Guest Posts: n/a	Silly Email Question... Hi guys i know this is a silly question but im going nuts trying to figure it out..so where better to come to thennnnnn Gfy ! i have a domain name that i purchased.and what i wana do is set up an email account with that domian but all emails that will be going into it will be redirected to my hotmail account. How would i do that? ive been looking all over for it in name cheap but cant find it ! please help

02-01-2006, 07:17 PM	#2
prime Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manila Posts: 400	1. you need to have a mail service setup for your domain 2. ask your hosting company about this. was it setup on their centralized mail server? or was installed on your box? shared box? 3. if it was on their centralized mail server ( just ask them to point [email protected] > [email protected]) 4. if it was setup on your box, or shared box. And fully managed by them, then ask them to do the redirect request. 5. once done, you should have the ip of mail.domain.com. go to your dns registrar control panel and change the MX records ( simply by pointing mail.domain.com = to the IP that was given by your host. 6. wait for 24 hours for a fully functional mail system. * its better to have your mail hosted by your hosting company dedicated mail server. __________________ \| offshore solutions \| manual labor \| staff leasing \| and more! Dedicated -Motivated-Managed Employees icq.: 309570461 live chat