Mail server and name server are they connected?

[BOND]

My website recently got hacked. I transfered my domain to Zen Internet limited and nameserver to godaddy(since they do not transfer .co.uk domain). Now I wish to change my Mail server ie.MX record to google mail as ill be using google apps.However Zen sys says you need to talk to goddy to do that and godaddy says domain registrar will be able to change name server. I am bugged up. Could anyone help?

 

[Faevilangel]

who is the domain registered with? From your post it seems it's registered with Zen, if so then you will have a panel you can login to change your MX records.

 

[stugster]

Wherever your nameservers for the domain point, that's the person in charge of managing your DNS. It is within your DNS that you change your MX record.

If the registrar is not the nameserver provider, then they don't do DNS, ergo, they don't do MX.

Your domain whois ( http://whois.domaintools.com/yourdomain.co.uk ) should give you the nameservers you use. Whoever the nameservers are are the people who you should go see

 

[BOND]

Yes, I do have access to MX records now. What is SMTP and what are CNAME records?

 

[stugster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNAME_record

 

[BOND]

Thanks Stugster got it done through Godaddy