MX Records. Hmm.

Hmmm….. it’s just filtered through to my tiny brain why the applications and other form submissions to the UKBAWC might not be redirecting properly…… it’s the only decent reason I can come up with, anyway. See, on the old server, I had this webmail facility set up through Everyone.net, and to use that, the MX … Continue reading “MX Records. Hmm.”

Hmmm….. it’s just filtered through to my tiny brain why the applications and other form submissions to the UKBAWC might not be redirecting properly…… it’s the only decent reason I can come up with, anyway. See, on the old server, I had this webmail facility set up through Everyone.net, and to use that, the MX records had to be pointed to them. All well and good, worked fine. However, when I moved the domain to be hosted by Neil, I couldn’t have that any more, so I’ve got a funky control panel setup to make POP3 and Forwarding accounts instead. *But* although the email works fine otherwise, all the form submissions are still going to the webmail account, which (a) shouldn’t theortically be able to receive anything from the domain any more {bored yet?}, and (b) is going to be deleted any day now. What I think is happening is that when I transferred the site, I didn’t think to change the formmail script, so the forms are still using the script on the old server. And since I didn’t have an official account there, nothing was cancelled when I transferred out. Soooooooo….. I think it’s possible that the formmail is still going to the webmail because the internal settings still show the MX records as pointing to it. Is this possible? Happens with DNS records, so why not this? Or am I talking utter cack? Guess I’ll just have to get my own formmail sorted out on the new server, and see if that does the trick. Pants.

Author: Lou

Geeky fangirl and knitter, owned by large black mog. Sometime web designer. Lapsed musician.

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