Rackspace Cloud DNS - Additional resources

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For more information about our API, we encourage you to review the Rackspace Cloud DNS API documentation.

Supported record types

• A: IPv4 address used to map hostnames to an IP address of
  the host.
• CNAME: A Canonical Name Record (CNAME) points to another hostname that
  already has an A record associated with it. The CNAME record works
  the same as an alias.
• MX: Used to specify the mail server responsible for
  accepting email messages on behalf of a recipient domain.
• SOA: Specifies authoritative information about a domain,
  including the primary name server or servers, the email of the domain
  administrator, the domain serial number, and Time to Live (TTL).
• AAAA: IPv6 address used to map hostnames to an IP address of
  the host.
• NS: Name Server (NS) records indicate where to find the domain DNS
  hosting services. It effectively delegates a domain to
  use a set of name servers.
• TXT: This is a text record and is used primarily for SPF and
  DKIM records.
• SPF: A Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record allows administrators to
  specify which hosts may send e-mail from a given domain by
  creating a specific SPF record in the public DNS. Mail exchangers use
  the DNS to check that the domain's administrator sanctions mail sent
  from a given domain.
• DKIM: DomainKeys (DKIM) is a method for associating a domain name to an
  e-mail, thereby allowing an organization to take responsibility for a
  message that a recipient can validate.
• SRV: Used to define the location (hostname and port) of servers used
  for a specific service.

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