> YOU need a DNS server to be the AUTHORITATIVE server for your IP address. YOUR > DNS server will tell all the other DNS servers what IP address to translate your > domain name to and they will only trust the authoritative server when updating. > Even if you setup Bind on your Esmith box, it still has to be added to the > registrar as an authoritative server (IIRC). Is there a nice document on the Internet that explains how these niceties of DNS work? One that explains MX and Authoritative and trust? Eric