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One of my domains wasn't working when I put https://example.com in my browser and it turned out to be because one of the A Records with "@" was pointing to the wrong spot. I was wondering what @ is for.
Ryan.Jones
Posted 2018-06-05T19:00:32.203
Reputation: 51
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Finally found it by searching a different forum here: http://forums.devshed.com/dns-36/mean-setting-dns-settings-636502.html. "The @ symbol refers to just the domain... Basically when no prefix is used, the @ symbol can be used".
Ryan.Jones
Posted 2018-06-05T19:00:32.203
Reputation: 51
Sorry (first-time user) that's done now. Thanks for the tips! – Ryan.Jones – 2018-06-05T20:03:08.300
We all learn by doing. Welcome. – music2myear – 2018-06-05T22:36:43.277
This information is easily available with a Google search. Have you done any research on this? – music2myear – 2018-06-05T19:03:20.720
https://serverfault.com/questions/83874/whats-the-meaning-of-in-a-dns-zone-file – music2myear – 2018-06-05T19:03:54.617
Yes, I wasn't able to find it on Google. – Ryan.Jones – 2018-06-05T19:07:44.510
@music2myear how can you search for special characters on google? – None – 2018-06-05T19:15:39.107
Google (in the browser, at least) natively translates symbols not part of their special query commands into % codes. Type "dns a record @ symbol" into Google and this is the query: https://www.google.com/search?q=dns+a+record+%40+symbol
– music2myear – 2018-06-05T22:35:24.203And that is also where the answer was found. – music2myear – 2018-06-05T22:35:34.140
Further, DNS is a decently well documented system, including the "@" symbol's use in it. So if you could not find a specific query that returned the results you needed, looking for DNS A Record documentation would have also given you your answer. – music2myear – 2018-06-05T22:36:22.413