How do I add additional server with one domain?

[GlitterBabe]

Hi! I registered with a domain a while ago and I am on a shared server. I asked the owner if I could offer my visitors email with my domain but he said it would take up too much bandwidth. I'm thinking of getting an additional server for email so it won't do that. Maybe find another shared server so I can afford it? Does anyone know how that would be done? Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you!

[Michael Allison]

http://www.hostgator.com/

Have a look at the reseller accounts. $25 is affordable and you can sell space.

Good Luck.
Michael

[GlitterBabe]

Thanks! Do they let you mix servers with one domain? I wanted to know how the whole process goes when doing that. I'm totally a newbie at this. I'm not actually looking to sell webspace though.

[Michael Allison]

Well, I don't know how many people you have that you want to give email, but there is an unlimited number of emails that you can use.

You cannot "mix" servers, in the strictest sense of the word. The site is on the server that the DNS (Domain Name Server) says it's on. If you change the DNS, you change the server that the domain name "points to", so to speak.

I hope that clears things up. The short answer is: Switch servers and run everything off of one server.

EDIT: It is possible to run your email on another server, but probably not worth the hassle. If your time is worth something, just get a better server.

-Michael

[GlitterBabe]

Oh you mean just find another server that can include all my site. Mine might get up to 150 gb a month and alot of space so that is why I was thinking of having two. Do you think I might need a dedicated server for that much?

[Michael Allison]

That might be best, but I'm no expert on the subject, by any stretch of the imagination.

Sabeur seems to know his stuff, though. I haven't seen him be anything other than honest here.

I trust him.

-Michael