DNS records for pop, cpanel....

Hi,

When determining the DNS records for pop, cpanel. imap, ftp, mail, webmail, locolhost and others, if necessary, do I put them with A? or CNAME? record to the IP or respectively the name of the domain??

And secondly, is it necessary to provide a record/s for all these subdomains, which should also point to the host name (host.domain.com)?

Thanks in advance!

BR
Venty

It depends on your DNS setup. Do you use Cloudflare and make use of their proxy infrastructure for DDoS protection? If so, you still need A records resolvable for the mail server at least (usually with the "mail" hostname = mail.yourdomain.com). Others can be CNAMEs and aren't really required, unless you want to use standard naming conventions for CWP's usually service records) (mail, ftp, cpanel, webmail).

But does anyone actually use POP3 anymore? Dovecot does provide both POP and IMAP, but Roundcube webmail and most MUA (desktop mail clients) default to IMAP...

Hi,

When determining the DNS records for pop, cpanel. imap, ftp, mail, webmail, locolhost and others, if necessary, do I put them with A? or CNAME? record to the IP or respectively the name of the domain??

And secondly, is it necessary to provide a record/s for all these subdomains, which should also point to the host name (host.domain.com)?

Thanks in advance!

BR
Venty

And secondly, is it necessary to provide a record/s for all these subdomains, which should also point to the host name (host.domain.com)?

Not necessary but strongly recommended.

CNAME   *         domain.com

Is a catch all solution

CNAME   *         domain.com

Is a catch all solution

Hi,

CNAME   *         domain.com or *      A IP


MX ? have any special features?

BR
Venty