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First of all I apologize for my poor understanding of network and I hope I used the correct terminology for everything:
I have bought a domain name with 1&1 to create an online shop, using kingeshop. I followed the steps explains here to point the domain name to kingeshop IP address and everything is working fine.
Now I would also like to use my domain name to create an email account. But 1&1 seems to say they're not responsible for this now the DNS is transfered to kingeshop's. What I'm wondering is who is really "in charge" of my domain name now?
1&1 also lets me configure the MX-record but I don't have a clue what I can do with this. Could I just use an existing gmail address somehow?
Thanks a lot for any help or clarity you can bring me on that matter!
So I can't just use smtp.gmail.com can I? Is registering with Google App the answer? – Johann – 2012-03-29T17:27:44.803
@Johann No. smtp.gmail.com isn't MX record of Google's mail servers. SMTP is a mail service which wouldn't work if MX record hasn't been configured correctly. See my answer. – Apple II – 2012-03-29T18:01:44.447