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Can a domain work without A record?
3 Answers. Yes, it is not a violation of any rule to not have an A record for a domain (none of my domains have an A RR). You should be covered by your mx records and cname. Mail Exchange records direct email to servers for a domain, and are listed in order of priority.
Why is A record important for a domain name?
A record holds the IPv4 address of a domain and is the most important of these records. One domain or sub-domain can have a single IP while one IP can have multiple domains pointing to it. AAAA record is essentially the same as A record but for IPv6 addresses.
Are A records required?
Yes, Default Records have to be of type A (or AAAA for IPv6 addresses) in most DNS servers.
Is it okay to not have a record in DNS manager?
If you set NS records for your share hosting then there is no need to set an A record in DNS manager. This does not appear to answer the question. The OP is asking whether it is OK to not have A records in the DNS zone when there is no website to host.
Is it required that the ” a ” record for a.com?
The DNS entries for example.com has two A records pointing to the two domain controllers. I would like internal users to be able to access our website by using http://example.com/ but, we don’t run the site off the domain controllers and I don’t want to install IIS or some other service just todo a redirect to www.example.com.
Can a domain name have multiple a Records?
But you can try telnet-ing to a domain name with several A records, some with dead IPs and some good ones, if you need to prove it (yes, even good old telnet now uses getaddrinfo and handles multiple A records gracefully these days) — it will print out a nice list of the IPs it’s trying until it finally succeeds.
What do you mean by Records in DNS?
“A records (also known as host records) are the central records of DNS. These records link a domain, or subdomain, to an IP address.