I have a domain (.co.uk) with 123-reg
The content is hosted by arhoster.com
Form the 123-reg panel, I have done the following :
-Changed the 2 DSN names to the ARHOSTER names
But what do I need to do for the following (if anything) :
- MX Records (is it email ?)
- CNAME
- A
- TXT
I want everything (mail, content, etc..) to be managed by ARHOSTER, apart from the domain registration.
Thank you.
How to setup DNS settings (such as MX, A, CNAME, TXT)?
MX *is* email. You have to provide a valid DNS name that is your mail server (not an IP address).
You don't need a CNAME record.
You don't need a TXT record (unless your provider says you do for SPF)
The A records point a name to a number...so you might need an %26quot;A%26quot; record to point %26quot;www.yourdomain.co.uk%26quot; to the IP address you want it to point to.
How to setup DNS settings (such as MX, A, CNAME, TXT)?
Here is a quick tutorial and has links to other information
http://www.networkclue.com/internet/DNS/鈥?/a>
Here is a typical dns record that is in the Zone File
1 $TTL 1D
2 @ IN SOA ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. (
3 2003010900 ; serial is only 10 digits long
4 3H ; refresh
5 1H ; retry
6 1W ; expire
7 1D ) ; minimum
8 ;Dont forget to update the serial!!!!
9
10 ; TTL CLASS TYPE Resource Record Data
11 ;Name Servers
12 2D IN NS NS1.domain.com.
13 2D IN NS NS2.domain.com.
14
15 ;Mail Server(s)
16 1D IN MX 10 mail1.domain.com.
17 1D IN MX 20 mail2.domain.com.
18
19 ;Host Addresses
20 1D IN A 74.57.42.33
21 www 1D IN A 74.57.42.33
22 mail1 1D IN A 74.57.42.25
23 mail2 1D IN A 74.57.41.15
24 ns1 1D IN A 74.57.42.25
25 ns2 1D IN A 74.57.41.15
26
27 TXT %26quot;v=spf1 mx a:mail.domain.com ~all%26quot;
28 ;aliases %26amp; notes
not hard to do just need to understand the basics. The numbers that show in this typical file will not exist in the actual zone file!
