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mkov
11-16-2007, 04:53 PM
affect emails.? First of all, sorry about the question, its a bit abstract. My problem is that I need to changing the webhosting company for a client of mine, and I am unsure that if by modifying the DNS details to point to the new host will render the current email addresses of the client useless. Do I need to re-register the emails with the new hosting company?BTW the new host provides the Cpanel interface. Hope you can help!

poeticjustice72182
11-17-2007, 01:06 AM
The answer is, yes, changing your name servers will prevent the existing emails from functioning, if that's the only step you take. When you change name servers for a domain, you are switching that domain's zone file to whatever the zone file at the new host happens to be. By default, the zone file at the new host will specify their own server in the MX record.You have two options...migrate the email accounts to the new hosting *or* change the MX records on the new hosting to point back to the old hosting.I hope that wasn't too confusing!!