Domain propagation / e-mail propagation?

[neilfahey]

Hi guys,

I'm swapping someones website and e-mail over to a new host for them and I'm a little confused. I know about the two week domain propagation period for websites but is it the same for e-mail?

I've deleted her e-mail account from her old host and created a new one (with the same address) on her new host. Now she is receiving e-mail from some people on the new one but when I send her a test e-mail it never gets there.

Is this likely to be because of the propagation?

When I type in her domain name, it takes me to the new host (when I did it at home lastnight it went to the old one). This made me think that the e-mail should be working from here if the website is.

Does that make sense?

I'd be really greatful for any help! Thanks heaps!

Neil

 

[PolurNET]

Two week propagation time? Usually, nameserver changes take effect in a few hours and at the latest within 24-48 hours. This is the same for email and websites if configured properly.

Make sure your domain's MX records are resolving properly if you suspect email is the only issue. Also run a check on www.dnsreport.com to see the specific issues with the domain's DNS

 

[neilfahey]

Thanks for your reply... I actually just sent another test e-mail to the account and it has come through this time.

However, when I went to dnsreport.com I got these errors:

MX FAIL MX Category ERROR: I couldn't find any MX records for pastperspectives.com. If you want to receive E-mail on this domain, you should have MX record(s). Without any MX records, mailservers should attempt to deliver mail to the A record for pastperspectives.com. I can't continue in a case like this, so I'm assuming you don't receive mail on this domain.

Mail FAIL Connect to mail servers ERROR: I could not find any mailservers for pastperspectives.com.

What does this mean?

Thanks

Neil

 

[PolurNET]

Right, so that means that your DNS record does not contain any valid MX (email) records. Talk to your host to fix this, or your DNS administrator

 

[neilfahey]

I just realised I forgot to put in the .au so it was the wrong domain. I got in touch with the provider anyway and they said everything is fine.

Thanks for your help!