Manage DNS from Domains → Manage → DNS Management in your client area.
Record types you will actually use
- A — points a name to an IPv4 address.
@ → 109.199.111.99sends yourdomain.com to your server. - AAAA — same as A but for IPv6.
- CNAME — alias to another name.
www → yourdomain.comkeeps www in sync automatically. - MX — mail servers for the domain, with priority (lower number = tried first). Wrong MX = lost email.
- TXT — free-text records used for verification and email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Google/Microsoft verification).
- SRV — service records used by VoIP/Teams and some apps.
Email security TXT records
- SPF:
v=spf1 include:yourmailprovider.com ~all— lists servers allowed to send as your domain. Only ONE SPF record per domain. - DKIM: published as
selector._domainkey— cryptographic signature; get the value from your mail provider. - DMARC:
_dmarc → v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:admin@yourdomain.com— tells receivers what to do when SPF/DKIM fail.
Good to know
- TTL is cache time. Lower it to 300 before planned changes; raise to 3600+ afterwards.
- Propagation takes minutes to 48 hours worldwide — check with whatsmydns.net.
- Changing nameservers replaces the whole DNS zone — recreate all records at the new provider first.
