Domain Name Registration
Domain Registration and Hosting (DNS)
MacroLan offers registration and hosting of all domain services on the client’s behalf including the provision of advice on the availability of domain names. The minimum registration and hosting period is 12 months. Client’s will be notified when a DNS is due to expire and will be given the opportunity to renew for a further period.
The benefits of registering a domain name are:
- Shorter, more user-friendly Web site addresses
- Personalized Email addresses
- Promotion of corporate / brand identity
Knowledge base: DNS
- “A” record translates domain names into IP Addresses
- “MX” record identifies the Email server responsible for a domain
- “CNAME” is a domain name alias
- Email and Mailboxes
MacroLan offers 2 email services:
1. Pop3 Mailboxes are hosted by MacroLan. All incoming mail is filtered for virus and spam protection prior to being forwarded to mailbox holders. A client can choose whether the domain name for the mailbox is created @macrolan.co.za or @ the client’s domain address. Pop3 mailboxes also offer the additional services of Out of Office Assistance, On Line Calendars and Unlimited Alias Email Addresses. Access to a Pop3 mail box can be obtained either via a Pop3 email client such as Outlook or Outlook Express or through the MacroLan Web mail at http://webmail.macrolan.co.za
2. Mail spooling facilitates all emails with the client’s domain name, to be collected on the MacroLan server, filtered for viruses and spam and jointly downloaded and distributed to mailbox holders. This is beneficial to individual mailbox holders separately dialling in to access email.
MacroLan provides 2 types of Mail spooling facilities namely POP3 and SMTP. Under POP3, subsequent to virus and spam filtering, email is kept on MacroLan’s server and downloaded to mailbox holders at set intervals. SMTP mail spooling facilitates the immediate delivery of email subsequent to virus and spam filtering. Under SMTP spooling, there is no wait period for download and therefore email delivery is faster than it is under POP3 spooling.