Baffled by web hosting

This is not an Apple problem but I do use iWeb so hope I can pick up some advice.
I created a website using iWeb. I have a domain name from registrar 123-reg.co.uk. I was hosting using MobileMe. I used a CNAME (I think it was web.me.com) to get the web address www.mydomain.com.
I then changed host to Fat Cow to try an speed up the site.
Fat Cow tutorials instructed me to change the nameservers at 123-reg.co.uk from whatever they were to ns1.fatcow.com. In advance of making the change I asked Fat Cow if I should use a CNAME instead of changing nameservers but could not get a clear answer.
I changed the nameservers and the website is working correctly at www.mydomain.com but my pop email (from 123-reg.co.uk) is not receiving mail. My email address is [email protected] and must match the web site name.
I have no idea whether I should have changed the nameservers or use a CNAME. I would not know what CNAME to use for Fat Cow even if I where to use it. I dont know why my email has stopped working but guess it is because I changed nameserver.
I am very confused. I would greatly appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Okay, so, if you are no longer using MobileMe as a host you do not need to do anything with CNAME at all. CNAME is the forwarding option for your domain name to point to MobileMe if you are still publishing there. If you are publishing directly to the Fat Cow hosting server, then you don't need to bother about this.
What you do need to do is remove your domain name from your MME account and remove CNAME forwarding if you had it at 123 reg. That is all.
Then publish to a folder and upload to your server with Cyberduck or something similar in the normal way.
As for the nameservers, then all you need do is go to the name servers section and change these so that they point from 123 reg to fat cow instead.

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