1. Open the zone file for your domain in your favorite text editor. 2. Locate the line that reads: mydomain.com. IN MX 10 mymailserver.mydomain.com. NOTE: The weighting number after the MX keyword may be different. 3. Change your MX record to read: mydomain.com. IN MX 10 complex1.ns2.enterprisevpssolutions.com. mydomain.com. IN MX 20 complex1.ns1.enterprisevpssolutions.com. 4. If you…
An SOA (Start of Authority) record specifies the DNS server providing authoritative information about an Internet domain, the email of the domain administrator, the domain serial number, and several timers relating to refreshing the zone. SOA MNAME This should state your primary nameserver. ns1.example.com SOA RNAME This is the DNS contact e-mail address. Please note that the “@” should be replaced by a…
The SPF record ensures that remote mail servers will accept mails from your domain only from your server. This is important in fighting spam and email forgery. It is especially useful to create an SPF record for your domain in case you have problems with bounced back messages you have not sent.
In order to find out the DNS servers for a domain please go to this online lookup tool: http://intodns.com/ https://www.whatsmydns.net/ The lines you will be interested in are after “Name Servers:”.
When DNS records have been changed it takes about 24 hours for the changes to propagate and take effect. Only after that you will be able to see the result of the DNS changes you have made. If after 24 hours the DNS change has not taken effect yet, try clearing your browser’s cache. To resolve…
Your domain name has a DNS zone which consists of the following records: NS – specifies which are the DNS servers for your domain; A – specifies IP addresses corresponding to your domain and its subdomains; MX – specifies where the emails for your domain should be delivered; CNAME – specifies redirects from your domain’s…
In order to resolve a domain name, it must be registered and pointed to at least two name servers which will host the DNS zone file for the specific domain. These servers are authoritative so when someone on the Internet “asks” for the IP address of the specific domain, the request will first go to…
It may happen that you receive a notification with one of the following subjects: “WHOIS Data Confirmation for yourdomainname.com” OR “Important Notice: Please Verify Contact Data for your Domain Name(s)” These are email reminders to keep your domain name information up to date. The emails are sent from our partnering Domain Registrar on behalf of Enterprise Vps Solutions.…
Wildcard subdomains are useful when you wish to redirect all visitors to your main website regardless of what subdomain they access your website through. This is also useful when someone mistypes www for example and writes ww.yourdomain.com. In other words, with wildcard subdomains it won’t matter whether someone accesses your site through ww.yourdomain.com or wwwwww.yourdomain.com. Here are three ways to enable…
The status of a domain name can be seen in its whois information. To check the whois details of a domain name, you can use an online whois check tool such as dnsgoodies.com. In this article we will explain what the most common domain status codes mean: ACTIVE: This status is set by the registry. The…