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+ | [02] WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DNS RECORD TYPES? | ||
+ | This is a pretty quick and basic description. | ||
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+ | portion of the DNS database to understand. | ||
+ | care of this record for you. | ||
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+ | domain/ | ||
+ | MX host to specify preference (typically 75 for | ||
+ | a primary, and 100 for a secondary) | ||
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+ | A typical database (without the SOA) might look like this: | ||
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+ | IN MX 75 | ||
+ | IN MX 100 | ||
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+ | the $ORIGIN is a tag in the database, which tells the nameserver | ||
+ | that all information following needs to have ' | ||
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+ | of just ' | ||
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+ | In the above example, host ' | ||
+ | its favourite mail exchanger is itself. | ||
+ | is unavailable, | ||
+ | ' | ||
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+ | Host ' | ||
+ | you could of just had another A and MX records for ' | ||
+ | the most efficient and clean way to build your database. | ||
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