EDITING A DNS SERVER

Editing a DNS server mail involves editing the General Settings other information can be updated if required.

Update DNS Server information as follows:

General Settings

DNS Server Type:

Displays the name of DNS server selected in the Global Settings.

DNS Home Directory:

This is the home directory of DNS zones. The default paths are

Primary Name Server:

Update primary authoritative name server. For example, ns1.pizza.com.

Secondary Name Server:

Update secondary authoritative name server. For example, ns2.pizza.com. Also Update Third Name Server and Fourth Name Server.

Admin Email Address:

This is the mail address returned to user when DNS is queried, update if required. For example, admin.domain.com.

 

Custom Settings

Record Name:

This is the name of the record.

Record Type:

This is the record type. For example, MX MX is short for exchange record, which is an entry in a domain name database which identifies the mail server responsible for e-mails for that domain name. Each domain can have multiple mail routes, each assigned a priority number. The mail route with the lowest number identifies the server responsible for the domain. Other mail servers listed can be used as backups. or CNAME CName is short for canonical name. It refers to a record in a DNS database which indicates the canonical or the host name of a computer that its aliases are associated with. For example, www is a canonical name of the domain MyDomain.com, which means that MyDomain can also be accessed by www.MyDomain.com.

Record Data:

This is the actual data of the record.

Following two CNAME records are created by control panel as a result of this setting

Following two MX records are created by control panel as a result of this setting

 

You can Edit | Delete these records.

You can also Add New Records.

 

SOA Settings

Refresh Time:

It is the refresh time for the SOA settings. It is a 32 bit value of time unit (second). Its default value is 3600. It is the time for a slave to refresh the specific zone for its master.

Number of Retries:

It is 32 bit value of time unit (second). Its default value is 600 and its range is 180-900.

Expire Time:

It is the expire time for the SOA settings. Its default value is automatically given but you can change this value if required.

TTL:

It is Time to Live and its default value is 3600.

 

SPF Settings

Tick this check box to enable the Sender Policy Framework, referred as SPF. SPF is used to stop spam from being sent using unauthorized domain names. It can only stop the spammer for the From field in the e-mail and does not stop the spammer from sending e-mails from any of its member domain.

SPF Record:

SPF record is required to use SPF and the domain which is sending emails must have an established SPF record entry in DNS. Its default value is automatically given but you can change this value if required.

 

Secondary DNS Settings

Tick this check box to mention secondary DNS server.

Secondary DNS Server:

Select secondary DNS server from drop down menu where all available DNS servers in the cluster are displayed in this drop down menu.