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| Thread ID: 61590 | 2005-09-10 03:15:00 | Domain email address puzzle | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 387265 | 2005-09-10 03:15:00 | The history: I've got a website which is no longer required, and I let the domain name lapse. I used to have an email address at that domain, which auto-forwarded to my primary email address. I host the website myself (on a rented server overseas), which is still live on the internet, but of course not accessible via the domain name. The site was accessed by my own virtual DNS addresses. The puzzle: Despite the domain name having lapsed, email addressed to my address at that domain still forwards to my regular address. I'm curious as to why. I'm guessing it may be because the domain name host doesn't release the domain name to the public until after three months have passed? And partly too because the DNS record still points to the actual site? Hmmm |
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| 387266 | 2005-09-10 03:23:00 | If a DNS lookup of the domain name returns its actual IP, still valid, address, that's the reason that mail gets to the domain. It's not "partly" anything. When the domain name host changes the DNS records for that domain name, any mail to that domain will be delivered to the new owner. :thumbs: |
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