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How my domain got "robbed" for an hour
Oh man... I couldn't believe what just happened... My main domain got "robbed". The domain was pointing to a wrong IP-Address. Luckily my wife noticed that the webmail was not working and I went to investigate the problem. I first thought my server was down, but all services were up and running. I then noticed that it was not my server. The DNS-query (the A-Records) showed that the domain was pointing to completely wrong IP-Addresses, and the MX-Record was pointing to the domain itsself (therefore also to the wrong IP-Addresses). I checked the nameservers I had configured at my registrar. They were correct. I then checked the entries of my DNS-provider. They were correct too. So what must have happened is that someone had access to the nameservers with higher priority than I had. I opened an account on a new DNS-provider and I reconfigured the nameservers at my registrar to point there. Now my domain is working properly again. It was pure luck that I noticed this whole thing within an hour. Man this gives me the creeps.... [color=darkred:g52c8ulv]all emails went to the wrong server in this hour!![/color:g52c8ulv] Everywhere you use an email address as login, the password can be (re-)sent by a click. I guess there's nothing else than to change all passwords where I use an email of this domain as login. Cheers! - And I hope this doesn't happen to you!! - leonard