Leonid Igolnik wrote:
Cool. I'm not using the API at the moment, but if I go that route I might look into it.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.
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.
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