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	What DNS records to you support?

Solution A

A records directly resolve a host to an IP address.

CNAME

CNAME records stand for Canonical Name, or alias, where the hostname listed resolves to another hostname.

NS

Name Server Record - NS records are required because DNS queries respond with an authority section listing all the authoritative name servers, for sub-domains or quieries to the zones parent where they are required to allow referral to take place.

MX

MX records provide Mail Exchanger (E-mail) resolution for which server to use for a specific domain.

TEXT

TXT records are rarely used outside of listing an entry for SPF (Send Policy Framework).

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05 May 2008 04:38 PM