DNS settings

What Is a DKIM Record and How Email Signing Works

WHAT IS THE DKIM RECORD? DKIM is the abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail. DKIM is not re...

What Is an SPF Record and How to Set It Up

WHAT IS THE SPF RECORD? According to the original operation of the SMTP protocol, any computer c...

How to Create and Configure a DMARC Record

How to create a DMARC record? Once SFP and DKIM are in place, you configure DMARC by adding polic...

What Is an NS (Name Server) Record

WHAT IS THE AAAA RECORD? The NS record is the shortened equivalent of NameServer. This record is...

What Is an SRV Record and How It Works

WHAT IS THE SRV RECORD? SRV corresponds to the abbreviation for SeRVer to help you find the avai...

What Is a TXT Record in DNS and What It Is Used For

WHAT IS THE TXT RECORD? Any text information can be stored in the TXT record. TXT corresponds to...

What Is an MX Record and How Email Routing Works

WHAT IS THE MX RECORD? Using the MX record, you can enter a domain name by which server handles ...

What Is a CNAME Record and How to Use It

WHAT IS A CNAME RECORD? CNAME stands for Canonical Name. CNAME records can be used to alias one ...

What Is an AAAA Record in DNS (IPv6 Explained)

WHAT IS THE AAAA RECORD? The AAAA record (also known as four-A records) determines the host’s IP...

What Is an A Record in DNS and How It Works

WHAT IS THE A RECORD? A records can be used to assign computers to domain names using IP address...

What Is an SOA Record in DNS

WHAT IS THE SOA RECORD? The SOA (Service of Authority) record defines the domain parameters. Eac...

What Is TTL in DNS and How It Affects Propagation

The TTL (Time To Live) is a general term in IT referring to the expiry of an item. TTL in DNS re...

TTL (DNS)

A DNS record’s TTL (Time To Live) sets the time the record may be cached. During this time, clien...

What Is a DNS Resolver and How It Works

A DNS resolver is the server doing a recursive lookup on behalf of a client. Most ISP’s (Internet...

What Is DNSSEC and Why It Improves DNS Security

By default, DNS entries in domain names are not encrypted during a simple query, so they may be...

How to Set Up Domain Redirects via DNS

When registering a domain name if you have not provided unique name servers or the domain name ha...

Redirect

The domain name is set to a A record. This A record redirects us to the URL set on the web interf...

Why A Records Only Accept IP Addresses (DNS Explained)

An A record is a generic pointer for your domain, which resolves a domain name to an IP address...

Can I use my free hosting plan, but use an other e-mail provider?

Yes, the domain name MX records can be configured independently of the storage settings.

Why You Cannot Use a CNAME Record at the Root Domain

The DNS administration interface doesn’t allow it to be added to the root of the domain because t...

How to Set Up Hosting Nameservers for Your Domain

You can modify the name servers of the domain name at https://admin.dotroll.com. Sign in with ht...

How to Use Custom Nameservers for Your Domain

To avoid the flapping due to the missing technical settings, please advise using the name servers...

How to Change Domain Nameservers