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Title: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: venty on February 08, 2025, 12:48:28 PM

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

Title: Re: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: overseer on February 08, 2025, 09:21:54 PM

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...

Title: Re: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: venty on February 09, 2025, 09:22:35 AM

Quote from: venty on February 08, 2025, 12:48:28 PM

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)?

Title: Re: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: cyberspace on February 09, 2025, 11:49:36 AM

Not necessary but strongly recommended.

Title: Re: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: 6Sense on February 11, 2025, 04:56:17 AM

CNAME   *         domain.com

Is a catch all solution

Title: Re: DNS records for pop, cpanel....
Post by: venty on February 16, 2025, 04:53:50 PM

Quote from: 6Sense on February 11, 2025, 04:56:17 AM

CNAME   *         domain.com

Is a catch all solution

Hi,

CNAME   *         domain.com or *      A IP ???


MX ? have any special features?

BR
Venty