Website Setup Question

[prana]

Alright, here's the situation.

I have a website that Dotster is the official registrar for.

The domain servers are: NS1.MYDYNDNS.ORG & NS2.MYDYNDNS.ORG

My internet service provider is CableOne.

I'm trying to get an MX record setup.

How do I do it? Can CableOne host the MX record via the free web hosting I get with my small business internet package while leaving the domain servers the same as listed above?

Thanks in advance, I'm confused a bit and the customer service for both has been a pain in the ass so far.

[nuclear500]

Generally MX (Mail eXchanger) records are offshoots of the root level domain DNS so the best fit is whoever is hosting the regular A and PTR records.

example:
emailserver.mydomain.com is your email server and people send emails to you@mydomain.com, so whoever is hosting mydomain.com needs to add an MX record to point to emailserver.mydomain.com - but emailserver.mydomain.com could technically be a totally different hosting service and IP subnet - like a hosted MS Exchange service.

Of course, if your web presence is under mydomain.com but your email domain is @myemail.com then whoever is hosting THAT DNS needs an MX record that points to emailserver.mydomain.com - but then I have to question why you have myemail.com in the first place, just get an MX record with mydomain.com.

I can understand the confusion and slight "run around" you've been getting.

Clear as mud?