About to buy a domain from 123-reg....

[Schweppy]

Ok so have many people used 123-reg before?

The domain i want is just for some uni work and will be linked to my mobileme account so only need the domain.

It is a *.info domain and the 1st year is only 99p! LOL.

Its asking for name and address etc. Is it safe to put these details?

 

[Initiale]

Yes I use 123-reg for my UK domains, just use them to forward web and email to the .com versions hosted elsewhere.

 

[Schweppy]

What the hell is all this CNAME stuff about? lol

How do i point the new domain to my mobileme account?

 

[DMS]

Used them loads before. Nowt up with them.

 

[DMS]

CNAME = Cananonical Name record.
It indicates the true host name of a computer that an alias is associated with.
In other words, it's an alias for a host name (signified with an A record), or its proper use would be to use it as an alias for an IP address (where multiple host names exist for one IP address).

Example

An A record would point the hostname host.domain.com to an IP address.
A CNAME record would point alias.domain.com to host.domain.com
OR
A CNAME record would point to alias.domain.com, and another CNAME record would point alias.different-domain.com to the same IP address.

If you just want to point the new domain to your mobileme account then you need to set up a forwarder.

 

[GaryS]

I use them for all my sites, never had any problems with them.

Use the web forwarding command to forward the domain to another address.