Couple of questions:

1. Do I really need to setup a domain zone using the Linode 'DNS Manager'? Why can I not just point the domain from where it is registered (123-REG) at the IP address of my Linode?

2. Not a DNS expert here, as you probably can tell from the question, but my client has a third party email service and they want to us their current nameservers setup and not use the Linode nameservers. Is there a way round not using Linode nameservers if I have to setup a domain zone? As when I do setup a domain zone you cannot edit the NS record.

Any help much appreciated from a confused non DNS savvy brain...

Regards,

Danjev

You do not need to use the Linode nameservers. You can use any nameserver to point to your Linode.

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/ Peter

Hi there,

So to be totally clear in my head I'd just need to setup an A record to point to the Linode IP address where I control all my dns records (which won't be with Linode dns manager).

Thanks Peter for your time in replying to my query.

Dan

Correct.

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/ Peter

Brilliant, thanks again Peter. All sorted now.

Dan

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