DNS Records... -[RESOLVED]-
Can someone give me the low down on DNS records. Like what are:
A Records
MX Records
CNAME Records
And which do I need to use if I wanted to make a domain point at a certain IP address......I can guess A Records would be for that and MX & CNAME have somethign to do with email but I'm not all that sure :).
Thanx for any help :D.
EDIT: If you could also explain what TTL is please.
Re: Re: Re: DNS Records...
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Originally posted by seismicweasel
Um, no.
The TTL is the length of time that the DNS should be cached for before being requested again.
A DNS record with a high TTL would be cached by other DNS servers (and your local DNS cache) for a long period of time. Its the reason that DNS records can take days to propagate around the internet when they get updated since most DNS servers will rely on their cached information until the TTL expires.
My mistake. :)
Re: Re: Re: DNS Records...
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Originally posted by plenderj
Mail Exchanger to be precise ;)
Oh yay :D