Question Domain / DNS managament seperate from Plesk server

[Klaazzzzzz]

Over the past fifteen years I always leased dedicated Linux Plesk servers for the hosting of all my client projects.

During these years I had some bad expieriences where I felt the need to move to a different host with all my customers websites. The first time I did this it was a hell of a job because all domains (Also hosted by the same party) had to be transfered to the new server provider.

Since then I register my domainnames with a different registrar and create some DNS rules to forward the domein's A and MX records to the leased Plesk server like this:

* 123.456.789.098
A 123.456.789.098
mail 123.456.789.098
pop 123.456.789.098
smtp 123.456.789.098
ftp 123.456.789.098
webmail 123.456.789.098
mx 10 mail.domainname.com

It is my expierience that this works but I allways have issues geting email to work.

I have the DNS on the plesk server switched on because I also use settings like safe redirects from http to https and such. I don't know if this is the best solution.

Can somebody shine a light on this?

 

[Bitpalast]

When your domain is using a third-party DNS server, the local DNS server on a Plesk system has no relevance. You can equally well turn it off, it does not do anything for the system but to disturb it.

What exactly are the issues related to email that you are experiencing.

 

[Klaazzzzzz]

I have customers that having trouble to get the SMTP server running within their email client. After a lot of fiddling it wil work but still, everytime a lot of hassle.

Come to think of it, isn't it possible to use the Plesk DNS service with domains registered elsewhere? a forwarder or something?