Alternative Fastmail nameservers ?

binary · 10 May 2020, 01:09 AM

I'm having a few issues with my domain name registrar. The domain is hosted by Fastmail (using the ns1. and ns2.messagingengine.com nameservers).

I wanted to try updating the nameservers with my registrar (using their control panel) to see if it would actually be actioned.

I note that ns1.fastmail.fm and ns2.fastmail.fm appear to exist, plus there also seems to be fmns1.messagingengine.com and fmns2.messagingengine.com.

I imagine these are aliases of the two main nameservers rather than being unique alternatives.

However, I'm wondering whether anything hideous might go wrong if I were to temporarily use them?

TenFour · 10 May 2020, 04:29 AM

It can take up to 72 hours for nameserver changes to fully propagate. Not sure what the other FM nameservers are for, but they definitely say to use the ns1 and ns2 messagingengine.com ones. What are you trying to test?

elvey · 10 May 2020, 12:39 PM

If you don't know what you're doing, twisting knobs with a production system to see what happens probably won't help and will hurt, a lot. The DNS is an amazing system, but it's not at all forgiving of configuration mistakes or misunderstandings. And most registrar tech support staff don't even understand it.

SideshowBob · 10 May 2020, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by binary

that ns1.fastmail.fm and ns2.fastmail.fm appear to exist, plus there also seems to be fmns1.messagingengine.com and fmns2.messagingengine.com.

I imagine these are aliases of the two main nameservers rather than being unique alternatives.

They aren't, fmns1 and fmns2 are authoritative for FM's own domains, not for hosted customer domains.

10 May 2020, 01:09 AM	#1
binary Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 106	Alternative Fastmail nameservers ? I'm having a few issues with my domain name registrar. The domain is hosted by Fastmail (using the ns1. and ns2.messagingengine.com nameservers). I wanted to try updating the nameservers with my registrar (using their control panel) to see if it would actually be actioned. I note that ns1.fastmail.fm and ns2.fastmail.fm appear to exist, plus there also seems to be fmns1.messagingengine.com and fmns2.messagingengine.com. I imagine these are aliases of the two main nameservers rather than being unique alternatives. However, I'm wondering whether anything hideous might go wrong if I were to temporarily use them?

10 May 2020, 04:29 AM	#2
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,723	It can take up to 72 hours for nameserver changes to fully propagate. Not sure what the other FM nameservers are for, but they definitely say to use the ns1 and ns2 messagingengine.com ones. What are you trying to test?

10 May 2020, 12:39 PM	#3
elvey The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,458	If you don't know what you're doing, twisting knobs with a production system to see what happens probably won't help and will hurt, a lot. The DNS is an amazing system, but it's not at all forgiving of configuration mistakes or misunderstandings. And most registrar tech support staff don't even understand it.