DNS, nameservers and all that malarky [modified]
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I've got one weird DNS setup for my domain and I want to change it. What DNS control system do you guys use? I've used GoDaddy, Yahoo! Small Business, TextDrive's ticket-based system and even editing DNS files myself. None of them are particularly good. All I really need to be able to do is: - point MX records at Google (for GMail email support) - create/edit/delete sub-domains (bob.paulmwatson.com, *.paulmwatson.com etc.) - make sure TXT records aren't borked Simple but functional. Any recommendations? Any opinions of OpenDNS.com? I see CodeProject uses easydns.com, they any good, Chris and co.? (My registrar is GoDaddy and their system is about as much fun as shoving Deep Heat up your nostrils[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:27 PM
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I've got one weird DNS setup for my domain and I want to change it. What DNS control system do you guys use? I've used GoDaddy, Yahoo! Small Business, TextDrive's ticket-based system and even editing DNS files myself. None of them are particularly good. All I really need to be able to do is: - point MX records at Google (for GMail email support) - create/edit/delete sub-domains (bob.paulmwatson.com, *.paulmwatson.com etc.) - make sure TXT records aren't borked Simple but functional. Any recommendations? Any opinions of OpenDNS.com? I see CodeProject uses easydns.com, they any good, Chris and co.? (My registrar is GoDaddy and their system is about as much fun as shoving Deep Heat up your nostrils[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:27 PM
I recently moved from an Enom reseller to GoDaddy. The former made simple things like configuring MX records pulling-eye-teeth difficult, the latter makes them pulling-nose-hairs difficult. I didn't really shop around much; my needs are pretty basic. If they start being severely unreliable, i suppose i'll take a harder look at it; frankly, i was just glad to get away from the whole reseller bullshit.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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I recently moved from an Enom reseller to GoDaddy. The former made simple things like configuring MX records pulling-eye-teeth difficult, the latter makes them pulling-nose-hairs difficult. I didn't really shop around much; my needs are pretty basic. If they start being severely unreliable, i suppose i'll take a harder look at it; frankly, i was just glad to get away from the whole reseller bullshit.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Thanks Shog9 from outer space. I used to be on RegisterFly which I think was part of the whole Enom bollocks. GoDaddy was a step in the right direction but my boots are still a bit mucky from it.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I recently moved from an Enom reseller to GoDaddy. The former made simple things like configuring MX records pulling-eye-teeth difficult, the latter makes them pulling-nose-hairs difficult. I didn't really shop around much; my needs are pretty basic. If they start being severely unreliable, i suppose i'll take a harder look at it; frankly, i was just glad to get away from the whole reseller bullshit.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
I presume they would deal with .com addresses as well but I've just tried out Namesco[^] and their service is pretty snappy. Compared to GoDaddy it's much quicker, for example if I set up a sub domain it happens almost instantaneously, however modifying existing records doesn't happen as quickly. I've only been using them for a few weeks now but initial impressions are good, UI is a bit clunky for someone of your calibre but functional.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
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I presume they would deal with .com addresses as well but I've just tried out Namesco[^] and their service is pretty snappy. Compared to GoDaddy it's much quicker, for example if I set up a sub domain it happens almost instantaneously, however modifying existing records doesn't happen as quickly. I've only been using them for a few weeks now but initial impressions are good, UI is a bit clunky for someone of your calibre but functional.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
Ed.Poore wrote:
however modifying existing records doesn't happen as quickly
That will depend on if you are querying their name server directly (and the TTL on the records if not), and how often they update their zone files.
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I've got one weird DNS setup for my domain and I want to change it. What DNS control system do you guys use? I've used GoDaddy, Yahoo! Small Business, TextDrive's ticket-based system and even editing DNS files myself. None of them are particularly good. All I really need to be able to do is: - point MX records at Google (for GMail email support) - create/edit/delete sub-domains (bob.paulmwatson.com, *.paulmwatson.com etc.) - make sure TXT records aren't borked Simple but functional. Any recommendations? Any opinions of OpenDNS.com? I see CodeProject uses easydns.com, they any good, Chris and co.? (My registrar is GoDaddy and their system is about as much fun as shoving Deep Heat up your nostrils[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:27 PM
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I've got one weird DNS setup for my domain and I want to change it. What DNS control system do you guys use? I've used GoDaddy, Yahoo! Small Business, TextDrive's ticket-based system and even editing DNS files myself. None of them are particularly good. All I really need to be able to do is: - point MX records at Google (for GMail email support) - create/edit/delete sub-domains (bob.paulmwatson.com, *.paulmwatson.com etc.) - make sure TXT records aren't borked Simple but functional. Any recommendations? Any opinions of OpenDNS.com? I see CodeProject uses easydns.com, they any good, Chris and co.? (My registrar is GoDaddy and their system is about as much fun as shoving Deep Heat up your nostrils[^].)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
modified on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:27 PM
We use domaindirect for our domains they are serious and reliable and have a powerful control panel page for dns configuration; but I run my own nameserver on a self managed hosted server now so I just do a few clicks in windows 2003 and Bob's your Lobster.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
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We use domaindirect for our domains they are serious and reliable and have a powerful control panel page for dns configuration; but I run my own nameserver on a self managed hosted server now so I just do a few clicks in windows 2003 and Bob's your Lobster.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
Thanks John.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.