Cannot resolve DNS...

[gerhard]

I know that I should resolve this issue with the web space provider but since you were of great help last time, I thought that posting here would be a better approach :D.

Since the server restart, one of the domains that I am hosting cannot be found. Maybe it's not because of the server reset, but in the morning everything was working perfectly and in the evening the domain couldn't be found... I didn't change any DNS settings (domain or web space) within the last couple of days.

Any suggestions? Cheers, Gerhard.

p.s.: the domain name is gerhardlazu.com.

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

You had CNAME's for both ftp and mail which conflicted with the A records for ftp and mail. I've removed the CNAME's and it's working now.

John

[gerhard]

Excellent! You are right. I was thinking about that aspect myself but was not sure. However, I made those changes about a week ago so it seemed strange that they created problems only now...

I am very pleased with your support and am eager to forget the past incidents. ;)

Thanks very much again, Gerhard.

[gerhard]

At site-helper.com I found the following informationt that made me perform those changes you were mentioning about:

"CNAME records make it possible to access your domain through ftp.yourdomain.com,_ mail.yourdomain.com, etc._ Without a proper CNAME record, you will not be able to connect to your server using such addresses."

I guess the approach wasn't the appropriate one...

Cheers, Gerhard.

[existenz]

CNAME and PTR records will technicall work but it is not the correct way of doing things. What most people will do is use A records for almost everything. That should take care of 90% of the people.

[gerhard]

Ok existenz, thanks ;). I shall remember that.