On 6 Jul 2006, at 10:07, chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
Is it possibe to have mail hosted in a 'different place' from where web pages are hosted? That's a bit of a vague question, I'll expand:-
Yes. I've done it many times.
Is it possible to move all E-mail to somewhere else? I.e. to keep the web hosting unchanged where it is but to remove all E-Mail from BsNet?
I suspect it's something to do with MX records and things like that, I do have access to and the ability to modify the zone file, is that what needs to be changed?
That's correct. Simply find your new email hosting provider, and then amend MX record(s) accordingly.
One thing to be aware of is to get the web hosting company to remove any references to the domain whose MX record(s) you change, from their mail servers, as this could lead to any messages that may get generated by your web site could still end up going to the old mail server (as the mail server will probably look at it's list of acceptable domains, say 'Aha! It's local, I'll deliver it to this local mailbox and not bother checking the MX records for this domain').
Regards,
Martyn