Secondary DNS/Mail providers?

Kyle Tucker kylet at shore.net
Tue Oct 5 13:46:12 UTC 1999


[Posted and mailed]

In article <VZNJ3.8004$48.181299 at news2.rdc1.on.home.com>,
	cmason at unixzone.com (Chris L. Mason) writes:
> 
> I am setting up my own mail server and DNS server, but I need a backup DNS
> server to provide name service if my link goes down, and I need another
> server to collect any mail sent during such a period.
> 
> I don't get much mail, and I only have one domain (with very few
> addresses.)  I don't want to pay for full web hosting, I just want backup
> mail and DNS.  (In fact, I am discontinuing my current web page.)
> Every place I find it seems like they want me to pay for full web hosting
> or email hosting services, and this is what I am paying for today.  I'm
> hoping to find an ISP who can just secondary my DNS and let me use them as
> a backup MX record (for a lower fee than full hosting.)

I contacted the folks at my ISP (shore.net) and they do indeed
offer this service for $5 setup and $2.50 per month. Email them
at sales at shore.net. They are an excellent ISP in the Boston area.

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- Kyle 
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