Dns on VPS versus DNS on HostingCompany

[betserd]

Hello,

I am having some trouble to understand the reason of the DNS of the VPS box. I put all my DNS entries in the DNS of the hostingcompany as they have multiple DNS boxes and that should be a much safer approach.
However does this mean that I can just can remove all DNS entries in Direct Admin, or will this break things?

One of the issues I am having is that exim sends local inside the box. However we use Google Apps for our mail so all mail should be sent to Gmail.

If I remove all DA DNS entries will this fix the email issues as well? Or should I point the local DNS to the parent DNS at the hosting company?

Any help is truly appreciated!

Bastiaan

 

[czotos]

Do this to make it work on Google Apps:

http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=8

 

[betserd]

Hi czotos,

thanks for the reply. Is there no way to bypass the DA DNS settings and only use the ones setup for the domain? Seems strange that I would duplicate all DNS entries?

thanks,
Bastiaan

 

[scsi]

There is no point in touching the dns settings at all. If your domain does not use them as nameservers nothing will ever look at it.