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WHAT IS THE DKIM RECORD? DKIM is the abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail. DKIM is not really a spam protection technology, it’s a cryptographic signature that our mail server (that is, not our own machine) digitally signs on sending, protecting it aga...

WHAT IS THE SPF RECORD? According to the original operation of the SMTP protocol, any computer could send an email with any sender address. As a result, spammers have a simple job as they can easily falsify the sender addresses (Return-Path headers). The SPF ...

How to create a DMARC record? Once SFP and DKIM are in place, you configure DMARC by adding policies to your domain’s DNS records in the form of TXT records (just like with SPF or DKIM). The TXT record name should be “_dmarc.your-domain.com.” where “yourdomai...

WHAT IS THE AAAA RECORD? The NS record is the shortened equivalent of NameServer. This record is used to provide a domain name server. Use this record to determine which server name is a domain name or a name server of a subdomain name. It ...

WHAT IS THE SRV RECORD? SRV corresponds to the abbreviation for SeRVer to help you find the availability of a particular service with a certain protocol for a domain. You can give more servers, define preferences, and specify which port the service is running...

WHAT IS THE TXT RECORD? Any text information can be stored in the TXT record. TXT corresponds to the abbreviation for Text. With TXT records, you can verify the domain name property rights for some services. The SPF, DK, DKIM and DMARC keys are published in ...

WHAT IS THE MX RECORD? Using the MX record, you can enter a domain name by which server handles the mail. The MX record is the abbreviation for Mail eXcahnge. The server address specified in the MX record can never be an IP address, it must always be a domai...

WHAT IS A CNAME RECORD? CNAME stands for Canonical Name. CNAME records can be used to alias one name to another. For example, if you have a server where you keep all of your documents online, it might normally be accessed through docs.example.com. You may al...

WHAT IS THE AAAA RECORD? The AAAA record (also known as four-A records) determines the host’s IPv6 address. It works the same way as A record, the difference is the IP address type. Using AAAA records, IPv6 addresses for domain names can be used to identify c...

WHAT IS THE A RECORD? A records can be used to assign computers to domain names using IP addresses. A record is an abbreviation for Address. When you visit a web site or send an email, you can use the client name resolution to find the IP address for that dom...

WHAT IS THE SOA RECORD? The SOA (Service of Authority) record defines the domain parameters. Each domain name must have a SOA record from now on that the domain name has been registered. For example, if the domain of dotroll.com is delegated to DotRoll namin...

A DNS resolver is the server doing a recursive lookup on behalf of a client. Most ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) have at least one.

By default, DNS entries in domain names are not encrypted during a simple query, so they may be denied access to or change the response. DNSSEC uses a cryptographic procedure to sign the domain names zone to give you a credible response that a third party ca...

When registering a domain name if you have not provided unique name servers or the domain name has not been added to the hosting service, our system will generate a default zone. If you want to change a domain name’s name after you register your domain name, ...

The domain name is set to a A record. This A record redirects us to the URL set on the web interface. There are currently two types of redirects: HTTP: In this case, the visitor to the page will be redirected to the specified address and the URL will be ov...

An A record is a generic pointer for your domain, which resolves a domain name to an IP address. If the DNS server supports it, you may add multiple A records to one domain for load balancing purposes. (The TTL must be set low in order for this to work.)

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

You can modify the name servers of the domain name at https://admin.dotroll.com. Sign in with https://admin.dotroll.com with your username and password In the top menu bar, click the Domains / My Domains menu. Select the domain name for which you want to ma...

To avoid the flapping due to the missing technical settings, please advise using the name servers provided by DotRoll. After that, the name servers are freely changeable, but in the .hu domain endings the name server settings must comply with the technical ch...

You can modify the name servers of the domain name at https://admin.dotroll.com. Sign in with https://admin.dotroll.com with your username and password In the top menu bar, click the Domains / My Domains menu. Select the domain name for which you want to ma...