@Tourma@tech.lgbtHi all, I've got a question about #eMail. If I have my own domain, (eg farts.horse) and set it up on an email service to have email sent to that address be licked up by them, (eg me@farts.horse is set up as a Proton email,) if I switch services, (say tuta) and remove me@farts.horse from proton and add it to Tuta, will email just start flowing there instead, or will I have to change the email for places I used it.
Like, if I have a Taco bell rewards account with me@farts.horse, will I have to tell taco bell about the change, or will it just go to the new service?
Dunno if I'm explaining this well...
@Tourma There may be some behind-the-scenes weirdness to handle, but once that's done, mail will flow to the new place and your correspondents won't notice anything.
@Tourma A given domain has a thing called an "MX" (Mail eXchange) record in DNS, which tells people where to deliver email for that domain.
After you've configured Tuta to accept mail for your domain, you just change the MX record to point to Tuta instead of Proton.
After that you won't need to do anything else; Taco Bell's mail server will look up the MX records to figure out how to reach you.
@caela@transfem.social@diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt to sum up what @Tourma@tech.lgbt said, yes, it will just start going to Tuta, there's no need to update your email at Taco Bell.
@diffrentcolours MX (in DNS) stands for Mail eXchanger, not MailboX.
@mkj Thank you for the correction.
@Tourma It's not quite as easy. One way or another, you must also change the "mail exchanger" (MX) records in DNS. This usually involves logging into your registrar's or DNS provider's maintenance interface and making an update based on information provided by the email provider you are switching *to*. After that it will take a short while (2-3 days is a good rule of thumb; the specifics depend on the "time to live" of the records) before the Internet has fully caught up with the change.
@Tourma Yes it should be sent there transparently ! One of the great perks of owning your domain (it's governed by the MX DNS record)