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Also whats so special about it? and do you think getting a username@mydomain.com is better? the @mydomain looks more professional i dunno. Is mydomain here just mysite, or mysite.astahost
Maybe you already understood from pyost answer, else here is how I would explain the way the myname@mydomain is related to mydomain.com which is related to mysubdomain.astahost.com
If you have your own domain (www.something.com for instance) you master the DNS entries for this domain. Of course everything is easier if Xisto is your provider because he makes everything automatically compatible with astahost, but in pure theory you own the DNS entries of your domain and you put what is needed.
If this domain is parked on your astahost subdomain (something.astahost.com for instance), when you connect to your astahost cpanel you master how the mails to this domain are redirected to the DNS of your mail provider.
And if your domain mail is hosted by google (basic free way or enterprise expensive way), the DNS of your mail provider are these provided by google in your google apps domain mail management settings tags and you enter them in your astahost cpanel mail configuration tag.
I don't know if what I explained here is clear enough. If I am wrong, maybe Opaque or BuffaloHelp could explain it more precisely if they happen read this post.
Regards
Yordan
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