Can this domain receive email?

[technogeeky]

Hey Atoters!

I am trying to buy a domain (not gonna list it here for obvious reasons) and I want to know if the domain can receive email.

When I do NSLOOK on the domain name, I get the nameserver IP (the domain doesn't resolve). If set my nameserver to that nameserver and look it up again, I still can't resolve the domain.

Does that mean that it is impossible for this domain to receive email at that address?

I think so, just checking. We are wavering a business decision on this 🙂

 

[Beattie]

Any domain can receive email. You need to have a mail server to do it though.

 

[ndee]

rotfl

 

[technogeeky]

Of course. But with the nameservers not responding in any way, would it ever get there?

 

[Viper GTS]

If you don't know the answer to that question I hope you're not making the decision.

😉

You will provide all that info to the company who registered your domain. Once it's all entered (and propagated) you'll be able to send/receive mail (presuming you have a mail server in place).

Viper GTS

 

[djheater]

technogeeky....


obviously not.

 

[Beattie]

There arent going to be any nameservers responding until you buy the domain and set them up.

 

[technogeeky]

Originally posted by: ndee
rotfl

I hope you were laughing at the response. 🙂

*grins*

 

[technogeeky]

Damn people - I'm not stupid.

I know how this works.. I am just making 100% sure that there is no way a partial NS record could be defined somewhere for this.

Is it even possible to place a mailserver record without anything else?

*hides*

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: djheater
technogeeky....


obviously not.

My thoughts exactly. 😀

You need to register the domain. Once you do that, you have full control over all of the name servers and MX records for the domain. Any changes that you make to the DNS servers to the domain will wipe out the old name servers.

 

[technogeeky]

This isn't MY domain - it's one I'm interested in buying. The seller claims that they receive e-mail thru the domain, but I've determined it's not possible.

 

[Beattie]

and once you buy it, you will have full control to update the DNS and do whatever you want with the MX record.

 

[RossMAN]

According to the WHOIS lookup when does the domain expire?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: technogeeky
Damn people - I'm not stupid.

I know how this works.. I am just making 100% sure that there is no way a partial NS record could be defined somewhere for this.

Is it even possible to place a mailserver record without anything else?

*hides*

you sure? 😉 Hire a Network dude, I'm sure there are enough who are currently unemployed 🙂

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: technogeeky
This isn't MY domain - it's one I'm interested in buying. The seller claims that they receive e-mail thru the domain, but I've determined it's not possible.

no you haven't...

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: technogeeky
Damn people - I'm not stupid.

I know how this works.. I am just making 100% sure that there is no way a partial NS record could be defined somewhere for this.

Is it even possible to place a mailserver record without anything else?

Well, yeah. For that matter, you could have third-level (or deeper) domains resolve without necessarily making the second-level domain resolve.

But why worry about it? If you acquire the domain, then you can set up your own DNS records any way you want to. How they happen to be set up now is irrelevant.