hostnames from web hoster to DynDNS?

Hello

While I will still use my domain name to receive e-mails and add a couple of hostnames so that users can connect to my home PC's the easy way (eg. http://vnc.acme.com, http://support.acme.com, etc.), I no longer need a web server.

So I'm thinking of migrating DNS/e-mail forwarding to a free, basic DynDNS account, but before going ahead, I need to make sure I got it right:

Create and configure new account in DynDNS
Connect to registrar, and update DNS information so that queries are directed to DynDNS servers
Wait a few days to make sure change propagates to DNS caches, and either delete account at current DNS/e-mail/web hoster, or just let account expire

Is this correct?

Thank you.

asked Feb 21 at 05:23 PM

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As well as what VikingTiger said (Custom DNS being a required service), I'd direct you to this answer which covers hosting your own email server in detail.

answered Feb 21 at 08:02 PM

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Thanks for the feedback.

Feb 23 at 04:13 PM yetanotherlogin

You can't host your domain with DynDNS for free. You need the Custom DNS service to host the DNS. If you don't run your own mail server, you could use for example DynDNS' MailHop Forward service. That lets you forward mail sent to user@yourdomain.com, to existing-mailbox@mail-provider.tld (e.g. Yahoo Mail or Gmail accounts).

answered Feb 21 at 06:08 PM

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