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We primarily register domain names for use with our hosting. However, if you are not hosting the domain, you can request the "DNS Management" option and manage your own DNS records, if you wish. (If you are hosting the domain with us, you can manage DNS records within your hosting control panel using the DNS zone editor options.)
While we provide this feature, we do not support it. In other words, you are welcome to use it to manage your DNS records, but if you don't know how to manage DNS records, we will not create and manage your DNS records for you, nor train you how to manage your own DNS.
Here are the basics for getting DNS records management properly set up:
1. Choose the DNS Management option when registering your domain, or if you have already registered a domain with us but failed to select the DNS Management option, contact us to request the option be added to your existing domain.
2. Set your domain's nameservers to dns1.name-services.com, dns2.name-services.com, dns3.name-services.com and dns4.name-services.com.
3. Access your domain name details via the MY DOMAINS tab at the top of the page, while logged in to your MEDIASERVE account.
4. Click the DNS Management button to create/manage your DNS records.
The most basic records you will typically need to create are:
- "A" record for "@" pointed to the IP address of your website. (This allow your website to be accessed by people who enter your domain name with a "www" in their browser address bar.)
- "A" record for "www" pointed to the IP address of your website.
- "A" record for "ftp" pointed to the IP address of your website - for FTP usage.
- "MX" record set to the hostname of the mail server which will be handling email for your domain name. (Don't forget to put a terminating period after this hostname, unless it is a host within your domain, such as mail.[yourdomain], for which you've already created an "A" record. In this case you would simply enter "mail" as the hostname.)
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