The most commonly used record types are:

A (Host address)

AAAA (IPv6 host address)

CNAME (Canonical name for an alias)

MX (Mail eXchange)

NS (Name Server)

PTR (Pointer)

SOA (Start Of Authority)

 

To setup one of these records, right-click a zone in the left list in the DNS Records window, and select the "New ...-record" from the pop-up menu.

 

The following are all less commonly used / experimental record types.

A6 (IPv6 prefix/suffix)

AFSDB (AFS Data Base location)

ATMA (Asynchronous Transfer Mode address)

DNAME (Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection)

HINFO (Host information)

ISDN (ISDN address)

LOC (Location information)

MB, MG, MINFO, MR (mailbox records)

NAPTR (Naming Authority Pointer)

NSAP (NSAP address)
SPF (Sender Policy Framework)

RP (Responsible person)

RT (Route through)

SRV (location of service)

TXT (Descriptive text)

X25 (X.25 PSDN address)

 

To setup one of these records, right-click a zone in the left list in the DNS Records window, and select "Other new record" from the pop-up menu.