Leonid Igolnik wrote:
>>The zone retrieve option looks for common records and copies them. It pulls
>>A, CNAME, MX and NS records from the zone based on a pre-defined list that
>>we've implemented (e.g., prefixes including www, ftp, smtp, pop, imap,
>>etc.). It does not use zone transfer, however this is another option that
>>we're working on adding as part of a future release that would be in
>>addition to the retrieve zone option. The retrieve zone option is
>>especially handy if the name server you're trying to get info from doesn't
>>support zone transfer.
>>
>>
>
>You can also provide your own list of prefixes with the API call (if you
>are using API directly). See retrieve_zone_records routine in the
>dns_manage.cgi for an example.
>
Cool. I'm not using the API at the moment, but if I go that route I
might look into it.
I've got my own managed DNS service at the moment, built ground up.
However, I haven't bothered to create a customer-facing interface yet,
so I'm using Tucows' interface for customers who want to customize their
own DNS records.
If I ever go the API route, I'll probably just migrate the zone data
manually rather then relying on the "Retrieve Zone Information" feature.
-- The cigarette does the smoking, you're just the sucker.
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