How to setup DNS settings (such as MX, A, CNAME, TXT)?

Question

I have a domain (.co.uk) with 123-reg
The content is hosted by arhoster.com

Form the 123-reg panel, I have done the following :
-Changed the 2 DSN names to the ARHOSTER names

But what do I need to do for the following (if anything) :
- MX Records (is it email ?)
- CNAME
- A
- TXT

I want everything (mail, content, etc..) to be managed by ARHOSTER, apart from the domain registration.

Thank you.

Answer 1

MX *is* email. You have to provide a valid DNS name that is your mail server (not an IP address).

You don't need a CNAME record.
You don't need a TXT record (unless your provider says you do for SPF)

The A records point a name to a number...so you might need an "A" record to point "www.yourdomain.co.uk" to the IP address you want it to point to.

Answer 2

Here is a quick tutorial and has links to other information
http://www.networkclue.com/internet/DNS/DNS-records.aspx
Here is a typical dns record that is in the Zone File
1 $TTL 1D
2 @ IN SOA ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. (
3 2003010900 ; serial is only 10 digits long
4 3H ; refresh
5 1H ; retry
6 1W ; expire
7 1D ) ; minimum
8 ;Dont forget to update the serial!!!!
9
10 ; TTL CLASS TYPE Resource Record Data
11 ;Name Servers
12 2D IN NS NS1.domain.com.
13 2D IN NS NS2.domain.com.
14
15 ;Mail Server(s)
16 1D IN MX 10 mail1.domain.com.
17 1D IN MX 20 mail2.domain.com.
18
19 ;Host Addresses
20 1D IN A 74.57.42.33
21 www 1D IN A 74.57.42.33
22 mail1 1D IN A 74.57.42.25
23 mail2 1D IN A 74.57.41.15
24 ns1 1D IN A 74.57.42.25
25 ns2 1D IN A 74.57.41.15
26
27 TXT "v=spf1 mx a:mail.domain.com ~all"
28 ;aliases & notes

not hard to do just need to understand the basics. The numbers that show in this typical file will not exist in the actual zone file!

Answer 3

the organization you're shifting to could have the skill to request that strategies out of your reducing-side provider. you're arranged to could grant a letter to the two to tell them of the main suitable for the nice and cozy provider to get that strategies, even with the undeniable fact that in many circumstances it is not any longer mandatory. in any distinctive case, learn with your reducing-side provider - there could be a login/customer account someplace on their organization preparation superhighway content fabric, the placement you could log in and learn your DNS records