I recently got a dedicated server and I am still at a learning stage. So please bear with me.

I wanted to have 3 domains pointed to my server, but initially I asked them the process to point me one and they responded with:

Hello,

I can set that rDNS for you. Please make sure the domain is pointed to our name servers at godaddy. They are:

ns1.xxxxx.net

ns2.xxxxx.net

After this is done, please allow up to 24 hours for global propagation.

Alternatively, we can host your DNS for you if you prefer.

What is the domain you would like xx.xxx.xx.xx to resolve to?

I then asked him to point one of my domains. They responded,

Did you want us to host your dns for that domain or just an rDNS record?

They also said,

Hosting your DNS is a free service here. We can only do 1 domain per IP. IF you would like to purchase additional IPs, they are $1/IP per month.

I personally dont want to host DNS myself. Neither mail server. I have a single IP so far. It will then start to get expensive if I want to host > 25 from these guys. I am still in the trial period.

Does this seem reasonable as far as pricing goes? If I want to have some one host DNS and mail server, this is getting super expensive. Email hosting from rackspace starts at $2 per mail address, but from then on, its the same if you want added features such as archiving etc;

What would you suggest I do if I am on a shoe string budget but I also want to avoid hassle of doing it myself and I only have 3 domains so far and I would need few mail addresses for each of them.