MX Record etc etc

[markmarkymark]

Yo all


I hope someone can reassure me just to wait ........!

This morning I deleted my webhosting account - this deleted my website and my email (the two could not be separate).

I then set up a new email account with my former host using the same address and domain name. I wanted to do this because they offer email 'exchange server' services which are quite useful for the small business.

I have a new website with a new provider which has been uploaded ....

Now, I went to my domain name provider and changed the following:

1) A record - now points to the new site - waiting to propagate

2) MX record - point back to former email provider (who I now have new email account with)

At present my email is not working. I can email my self - that works. If I email out I get a ;550-Verification failed for <me@mysite.co.uk>>. Also if I try to email myself from another account it also fails ....


The question is : do changes to the MX record take time to propagate like other regular webpageââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s - if so I guess I just have to wait. I had assumed that although I had a new email account, as it was the same phyiscal address it would not need to propagate ???

cheers

Mark

[Jon M]

Any DNS record change, including MX changes, will take approx 48 hours maximum to propogate.

[Aragorn]

The MX record is the same as any DNS entry - if you change it on one DNS server that server has to tell everyone else. If you know their DNS server name, you might be able to query that server directly using NSLookup (can't remember the exact syntax!), but probably easiest to just wait an hour or so.