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I currently host myself off my home cable line. I have a domain name, and I use IP pointing so when I type the domain in it loads up my site (which could also be accessed by [myipaddress)....]
I use eHost.com as a domain provider, and they have a web based thing that allows you to create subdomains. I run an ftp server, so I want to set up an FTP subdomain. My question is, how do I do this?
When creating a new subdomain, you have 4 fields to fill in - Hostname, Address, Record Type, MX Pref. Under Record Type there are a few choices - A (address), MXE (mail easy), MX (mail), CNAME (Alias), URL Frame, and URL Redirect.
For normal subdomains, I just put the name I want in the Hostname field (like if I wanted forums.mydomain.com, I would put forums in there), the web address for the Address field (http://www.mydomain.com/forums/) and URL Frame for the Record Type. MX Pref is 10 (standard).
Now, what settings would I use to set up and FTP subdomain? So like when users log in with thier client they would put "ftp.mydomain.com" for the host instead of just "mydomain.com".
Also, I run a mail server, so I would like to do the same thing for the mail (have users use "mail.mydomain.com" instead of "mydomain.com" for the mail servers)
This is the only help info offered on the site --
"The form above works just like a switchboard. You can specify where third-level names (also called, "hosts") for your domain name "quadstop.com" are directed to.
In the "Host Name" column, enter your third-level domain, for example "www" would indicate "www.mydomain.com" and "home" would indicate "home.mydomain.com". You can even use "ftp" to indicate "ftp.mydomain.com". Also, if you would like to allow users to access your site with simply "mydomain.com", then either leave the field blank or type an "@". NOTE: If "@" is used for Host Name, then Record Type can not be "CNAME".
The following chart describes acceptable values for each "Record Type":
Record Type Valid entries for Address
A (Address) Must be the IP address of a web server, for example "209.19.56.15".
MXE (Mail Easy) Must be the IP address of a mail server, for example "209.19.56.20".
MX (Mail) Can be either a host name under this domain name (for example, "mail3") or the name of a mail server (for example, "mail.yahoo.com."). NOTE: When using a mail server name, it should end with a period ".". (If you forget the period and we recognize the TLD, we will automatically insert one.)
CNAME (Alias) Can be either a host name under this domain name (for example, "www") or another domain name (for example, "www.yahoo.com."). NOTE: When using a domain name, it should end with a period ".". (If you forget the period and we recognize the TLD, we will automatically insert one.)
URL Redirect
URL Frame For URL Redirect and URL Frame, this field should contain a full URL address, for example "http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/".
NOTE: The MX Pref column only applies to the MX Record Type. For all other Record Types, this field is ignored.
NOTE: Use the "@" in the Address column to mean quadstop.com.
NOTE: If you run out of lines, submit the form and come back to this page, more blank lines will automatically appear."
I can screenshot the domain control panel if it would help.
Any ideas?
Any ideas anyone?
Umm...
Are you just planning on having one FTP subdomain and one mail subdomain? If so, just set up "A" record types, and put in the name of the subdomain you want and the IP address of your server. So do that for both mail. and ftp.
Also, for mail., you'll need an MX record. Same drill, except use MX as the record type instead of the A.
Basically, it sounds like you already know how to do it from your post (subdomains don't care about their use, so it doesn't matter whether you're hosting web, ftp, mail, or jake's-banking-system on the subdomain). Did you try it already with negative results?
I tried what you said. I got the FTP one working correctly. However, the mail one doesn't work.
I am running IMail 6 if that makes any difference.
Would I have to put the port numbers anywhere? I use standard POP3/SMTP ports (110 and 25).
Here, I took 2 screen shots of the domain control panel if it will help you at all.
http://www.quadstop.com/images/domain.jpg
http://www.quadstop.com/images/domain2.jpg
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 8:47 pm (utc) on Jan. 21, 2004]
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However, the mail one doesn't work.
Could you be more specific? As in, does "nslookup mail.yourdomain.com" not give you any result, or as in "I'm not getting any mail"?
"The host 'mail.quadstop.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'links', Server: 'mail.quadstop.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D"
When I only put "quadstop.com" as the mail server address it works fine.
In the domain control panel I also tried using quadstop.com instead of the IP, and tried an A (Address) instead of MX. No luck.
and tried an A (Address) instead of MX
Ah, there's the issue. You need both records.
The MX record should be set to the hostname (i.e. mail.domain.dom).
The A record should be set to the IP address, and the name (i.e. mail.domain.com) in the appropriate fields.
Try that out.
I set up 2 subdomains.
1 was:
Hostname Address Record Type MX Pref
mail ip address a(address) 10
and the other was
Hostname Address Record Type MX Pref
mail mail.quadstop.com. MX 10
Tried the mail.quadstop.com server address in Outlook, and still no luck. Same error message.
