Don
As I understand the process... When you query your ISP's name server for an address, and it is not in it's cache, the server goes to a root domain server for an address of the name server that holds the domain's A record. In the case of domain that is being serviced by TCH it would be the two servers that you posted. The only one who can change the records in the root domain server is the lisenced registrar that "owns" it. You might own your domain but the company that you bought it from owns the record. (Wich is why you need to transfer your account to TCH when you first started hosting here) In my case, I have the root servers pointing to a third party DNS server. I have controll of my A, MX, ALL, etc. DNS records. I set it up that way because the registrar who sold me the domain is very slow with his account maintenance. What I need to know is what is contained in the record for my domain in the servers you mentioned. I have requested to have my domain transfered to the TCH servers but it probably won't get done for quite a while. In the mean time I am looking to implement a work around. I am an ebayer and I can't afford to have my email go dead for any period of time.