Domain Hosting

With Runbox Domain Hosting you can register a brand new domain name and configure it for Web Hosting and Email Hosting. For instance, you can register yourname.com (if it's available) and set it up to host a web site and your personal or business email.

With Runbox Domain Hosting, Web Hosting, and Email Hosting, you have full control over your online presence and messaging.

Register a new domain

To get started, open the Domain Hosting Administration screen and enter the domain name you wish to register.

If you don't have any domain credits yet, please click the link to purchase one or more domain credits. Currently, one credit equals one domain name registered for one year.

Manage a domain

Open the Domain Hosting Administration screen and click the domain whose records you want to change. The "Manage DNS" screen will be displayed, where you can edit, add, and delete records for the domain.

If you host your web site with Runbox, you only need to set the NS record. Otherwise you most likely need to set the A record and MX record for web and email hosting.

Remember to click [Save settings] when you're done.

Record types

A

Used to map a domain name to the IP address of a host. Example: 12.34.56.78.

AAAA

The same as A record but with IPv6 support.

CNAME

Short for "Canonical Name", and is an alias for another domain name. For example, ftp.domain.com can be a CNAME for www.domain.com.

MX

Stands for "Mail eXchanger" and is the address of the host responsible for the domain's email.

If you only host your email with Runbox, enter mx.runbox.com here.

NS

Short for "Name Server" and refers to the host that handles all DNS records, if this is delegated elsewhere.

If you host your web site with Runbox, enter ns1.runbox.net and ns2.runbox.net here, in two separate NS record entries. The rest will be taken care of by your Web Hosting account.

SRV

Generalized service location record, used for newer protocols instead of creating protocol-specific records such as MX.

TXT record

Originally for miscellaneous human-readable text, but often carries machine-readable data such as Sender Policy Framework information.