: DNS Help - Point Web Requests to Web Host without affecting Existing Email Settings I have registered a domain name (let's call it example.com.au) through GoDaddy and have an active email account

@Pope3001725

Since you're using GMail for email, only by making changes to the MX DNS records will email delivery be impacted. So leave the MX records "as is".

You shouldn't have to change your name servers. Just register the necessary A records for your website and you'll be fine.

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@Megan663

It's good that you're being very cautious.

Keep your Name Server configuration to where it's at. You should just create an A-Record and point it to your IP address (217.199.187.200).

The mail configuration is a different type of record called "MX". You don't want to change those in this case.

So, in your GoDaddy DNS zones - add an A-Record and point it to your IP. That way anyone that wants to visit your site can go to the place where you're hosting it. As for "WWW" - you can create another type of record called a CNAME record. It stands for Canonical Name. That way if someone types in "www.example.com.au" it will also go to your webhost that's hosting your website.

Hope this helps,

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@Murray155

You can choose not transfer your DNS to your webhost. To keep your current email configuration, you only need to point example.com to your ecowebhosting web server's IP address and set up example.com as a CNAME to example.com

Hope this helps.

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