[ale] OT Web hosting/domain registration catch 22

[Jim Lynch]

The registrar signup is on line.  I can't tell it anything other than
what my two dns hosts are.  Using zoneedit seems to have the same
problem as a web host.  It (zoneedit) won't tell you the dns names until
you give him the domain name.  The registrar won't give you a domain
name without a set of dns hosts.

Catch 22 all over again, it appears.  Or am I missing something here. 
Can I lie about owning the domain to zoneedit without getting in
trouble?

Jim.

Mark Angeli wrote:
> 
> So go to
> 
> http://www.zoneedit.com
> 
> and sign up for an account. The first 5 domains are free (as in speech)
> Tell the registrar that zoneedit is handling the DNS, tell the host that
> they are.
> 
> Then you add the ip addresses to the zoneedit account and you're off.
> This way, when you change hosts, or whatever, its fairly easy to switch
> the IP's.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 08:59, Jim Lynch wrote:
> > That works, except they want an additional $10 to handle the DNS.  I'm
> > cheap!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
> >
> > Joseph Knapka wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim Lynch <jwl at sgi.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > OK, so I found a cheap domain registration site and an almost cheaper
> > > > web host.  So who do I go to first?  The web host wants to know my
> > > > domain name during sign up and the domain register wants the dns
> > > > addresses of the web host.
> > > >
> > > > Which one do you normally go to?  The only other domain I registed I got
> > > > from the same site that hosted it.
> > >
> > > I register the domain, tell the registrar to handle the DNS for me,
> > > buy the hosting service, then move the DNS from the registrar to the
> > > host.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > -- Joe
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