i hope it's not ill-considered to answer an OT post, but.. heck, i'd do it anyhow.

what you need/want is a DNS service, there are many out there, but there's no reason to pay for one (or even to run your own, unless it's something you have to be very, very sure about. even then, it's unlikely your solution will be more robust that theirs) when there's mydomain.com.

you can let them do just about all your DNS stuff there, it's an easy/simple web-based interface, and it's free. They'll send you an email at your given address about once a month.

AFAIK, all of the options possible are available, in their 'expert' mode, but the 'novice' mode is easy enough for almost anybody to use with about three minutes of reading.

errr.. i'm starting to sound evangelistic... sorry!
The downside (as i see it) is the chance that they might 'g o under' suddenly. i've used their stuff for a couple of domains for about two years now.

have fun~!

Thanks muchly for your time. The pointer (and probably the service) is exactly what I needed. My attempts at searches with google turned up so much and so in-depth I couldn't see the wood for the trees!

hey you.... yeah, you with the little "--" marker in your hand....

it's not like it really makes any difference, but rather than just marking a post down, it helps to let the person know 'why' you've marked it down.

if OT questions here are to be treated with such total scorn (even when the poster clearly knows (s)he's OT, and is apologetic about it, but still needs help) here, then why aren't such posts simply deleted?

or perhaps they are... i don't know enough about this place yet.

I just ++ed you for answering a question well. I find it annoying that such questions are immediately barked at. I just yesterday read a bunch of nodes on the issue of moderation/consideration. The consensus is that we are to allow some offtopic content esp if it can clearly have some relevance to the ordinary monk's life with Perl. And I believe this is relevant to anyone who might try placing scripts online; which is a large amount of the monks.

I tried looking around, but couldn't find the nodes in question anymore. I believe we really need to have everyone who has consideration powers read up a bit on how to use them; too much is considered and too often is it reaped, in my opinion.

There's a difference between offtopic as in discussing the latest Britney Spears and offtopic as in discussing server maintenance business.

Makeshifts last the longest.

While the poster was apologetic, it's not like there aren't a million places on the web this is covered. It would only take a second to search google to get some info. If the poster had paid a little due diligence and asked a specific question, it probably would fair a little better.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

Personally, I don't mind an occasional off-topic question, if it's technical... or a quick diversionarry type.

It's a good thing that 914 got to you question before I did, because DNS is a HUGE subject and I was going to ask about a zillion questions on what EXACTLY you needed... oh well, I'll have to geek-out on someone else. :-(