What is the .mac dns server ?

Hello,
I created website using iWeb and uploaded it to my .mac ( or now mobileme? ) account. The company that I bought the domain name from said that they need the dns server (nameserver) for my site? Does anybody know what this is or how I find it?
In case it is relevant, here is the URL.
http://web.mac.com/docrick/iWeb/EMSTPERM/Home.html
Thanks a lot!

What you need to tell your domain registrar is to go the DNS settings in your account and then change from the current settings and forward www using the CNAME option and then forward to web.me.com. That is all you need to do and they DO NOT need any further information than this.
Do they offer the CNAME option? Ask them this next time. If not, then you can ask him to use framed web forwarding and to forward your domain name to web.me.com/username/sitename and that will work.
If they are not helpful, then my advice would be to change and go somewhere else. It is easy to do and go somewhere like GoDaddy that do provide these services.

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