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.
Also of note, you have the ability to set a default zone template that can be applied to a zone. This could be used in place of the zone retrieve is you have common records across all of the zones. Let me know if you have further questions, Bruce Bruce Dorland Product Manager Tucows 416 538 5481 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Warren Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Managed DNS - Retrieve Zone Information I'm curious, what exactly does "Retrieve Zone Information" do? Does it actually try to do a zone transfer, or does it just look for common records and copy them? -- If a job is worth doing, then get someone in to do it properly.
