Zone Record Problem

I want to host @(hosting company) but do mail in-house, how?

[Zhariken]

Hi,

This would seem like a simple problem, I just can't figure out the solution. :(

I have a domain [e-mail]...I know where to go to set the custom zone record, but I don't know what I'm setting up wrong!

I would like all the mail to go through our in-house servers, but I want the actual website to be hosted @ (hosting company).

My mail is working fine, coming through well.

Here is my current zone record, with the settings I thought would be correct:

Type Host Address
A @ 66.33.206.206
A * 66.33.206.206
A www 66.33.206.206
A mail our.in.house.ip
MX @ mail.ourdomainname.com

What have I done wrong? What needs to be fixed to achieve what I'm looking for (in-house mail, but site hosted on DH). Thank you very much in advance!

-Justin

[edited by: Webwork at 6:51 pm (utc) on Feb. 28, 2008]
[edit reason] We mostly avoid naming our favorite hosting company [/edit]

[jtara]

I'm afraid you haven't stated what the problem is.

Is there a problem?

Are you not able to access your website? Or something else? You say the mail is working fine. So, what's NOT working?

[Zhariken]

Sorry about that, I've since set the nameservers to my webhost and set up the custom MX for mail from there, everything has propagated successfully.

I was trying to keep the nameserver at my registrar, and set custom IPs for the Zone Record, (A Record..MX...etc etc), just wasn't working out.

Thanks again!

[edited by: Webwork at 5:38 am (utc) on Feb. 29, 2008]
[edit reason] See Above Comment [/edit]

[jtara]

There's no reason you can't keep your DNS at your registrar. And, in fact, it's preferable. Although I prefer third-party DNS, a registrar's DNS is generally superior to that of hosts. Some hosts provide downright awful DNS service. (Often cheating by putting the minimum two required DNS server addresses on the same physical server.)

There's something fundamental you aren't understanding here.