Re: FN-FORUM: Email issues: can you host your email separately from the web site?

date posted 17th October 2006 11:18

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:38:37AM -0000, D D Glendinning wrote:
>
> Morning all,
>
> A bit of an issue really. I have just moved a client's website (and
> therefore email as well) to a new hosting company only to find that
> their email services are piss poor and emails are taking ages to
> deliver...
> Rather than going through the pain of moving the whole site again, I
> was wondering if I could use another company to take care of the
> client's email accounts.. How would this work, with one company
> hosting the web site and the other the email? Also, if you have any
> recommendations of British email companies, then please do tell!

Just point the domain's MX records somewhere else, quite easy.

I do all my email myself, I get my customers to do the same.
Not difficult once you know how, in the end much easier.

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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

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