# dijitul DNS (dijituldns.co.uk)

> dijitul (DIJITUL LTD) is a UK web, hosting and software company trading since 2006, based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. dijituldns.co.uk covers domain names (registration, transfers, renewals, expired domains), DNS (Cloudflare, DNSSEC, MX, SPF/DKIM/DMARC records, migrations) and business email (hosted mailboxes, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365). Domains are priced live in the client portal. DNS management and 10 mailboxes are included with dijihost Complete Hosting at £1 a day + VAT. On their own, DNS and email set-up is £45 an hour + VAT or a fixed quote. Domain search and registration: https://clients.dijitul.uk. Hosting moved to https://dijihost.co.uk/ (dijihost).

- Phone: 01623 650333
- Email: info@dijitul.uk
- Every page has a Markdown version: append .md to the path

## Core
- [Home](https://dijituldns.co.uk/index.md)
- [Prices](https://dijituldns.co.uk/pricing.md)
- [Facts](https://dijituldns.co.uk/facts.md)

## Domain names
- [Domain Names: Register, Renew, Transfer and Manage](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-names.md): Search, register and renew domain names through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, which shows live prices for .uk, .co.uk, .com, .org.uk and othe
- [UK Domain Registration: The .uk Family Explained](https://dijituldns.co.uk/uk-domain-registration.md): Register .uk, .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk and other UK domain names through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, which shows live prices and availabilit
- [.co.uk Domain Names for UK Businesses](https://dijituldns.co.uk/co-uk-domain-names.md): Register a .co.uk domain through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, where live prices and availability are shown. .co.uk is the extension UK custo
- [.com Domain Names for UK Businesses](https://dijituldns.co.uk/com-domain-names.md): Register a .com domain through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, which shows live prices. A .com suits UK businesses that sell abroad or want to 
- [.org.uk Domain Names for Charities, Clubs and Groups](https://dijituldns.co.uk/org-uk-domain-names.md): Register a .org.uk domain through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, where live prices are shown. .org.uk is intended for non-commercial organisat
- [Domain Transfer: Moving .uk and .com Names](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-transfer.md): Start a domain transfer in the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk. For .uk names, your old registrar changes the Nominet IPS tag; no code is needed. Fo
- [Domain Renewal: Never Lose a Name to a Missed Reminder](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-renewal.md): Renew domains through the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, where live renewal prices are shown and auto-renew can keep each name active. Keep the co
- [Expired Domain Recovery: Getting a Lapsed Name Back](https://dijituldns.co.uk/expired-domain-recovery.md): dijitul recovers expired domains at £45 an hour + VAT. We find which registrar holds the name, work out where it is in the expiry timeline, get it renewed or re
- [Domain Privacy: What WHOIS Shows About You](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-privacy.md): Domain privacy controls what public WHOIS and RDAP lookups reveal about the registrant. Nominet hides individuals' addresses on .uk names by default, and most r
- [Domain Forwarding: Redirecting One Domain to Another](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-forwarding.md): dijitul sets up domain forwarding with a 301 redirect, usually through a Cloudflare redirect rule, so visitors to a spare domain land on your main site and sear
- [Multiple Domains for One Business: What to Own and Why](https://dijituldns.co.uk/multiple-domains-for-business.md): Most businesses benefit from owning a few domains: the .co.uk, the matching .uk, often the .com, and any close misspellings. Register them through the dijitul c
- [Domain Management for Agencies and Web Designers](https://dijituldns.co.uk/domain-management-for-agencies.md): dijitul helps agencies and web designers manage client domains properly, on a quoted basis. Domains are registered in each client's name, renewals are tracked c
- [Choosing a Domain Name for Your Business](https://dijituldns.co.uk/choosing-a-domain-name.md): Choose a domain that is short, easy to say aloud and easy to spell, matches your business name, and avoids hyphens and numbers. Most UK businesses take the .co.

## DNS
- [DNS Management for UK Businesses](https://dijituldns.co.uk/dns-management.md): DNS management means keeping the records that send your domain to the right website, email and online services accurate as your business changes. dijitul adds, 
- [Cloudflare DNS Management UK](https://dijituldns.co.uk/cloudflare-dns-management.md): If your domain already uses Cloudflare, dijitul can run the zone for you: adding and changing records, deciding which records are proxied, keeping SSL on Full (
- [Managed DNS Hosting in Cloudflare](https://dijituldns.co.uk/dns-hosting.md): DNS hosting is running the authoritative nameservers that answer for your domain. dijitul hosts your DNS in Cloudflare and manages every record for you, so you 
- [DNSSEC Setup and Management](https://dijituldns.co.uk/dnssec.md): DNSSEC adds digital signatures to your DNS answers so resolvers can tell they have not been tampered with. dijitul enables signing at your DNS provider, publish
- [DNS Migration Without Breaking Web or Email](https://dijituldns.co.uk/dns-migration.md): DNS migration is moving your domain's records to a new DNS provider without your website or email dropping out. dijitul takes a full inventory of your records, 
- [MX Records Setup for Business Email](https://dijituldns.co.uk/mx-records-setup.md): MX records tell other mail servers where to deliver email for your domain. dijitul sets them up for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or our own email hosting, re
- [SPF, DKIM and DMARC DNS Records](https://dijituldns.co.uk/spf-dkim-dmarc-records.md): SPF, DKIM and DMARC are DNS records that prove your email really comes from you. dijitul writes and publishes them correctly: one SPF record within the 10-looku
- [Subdomain Setup for Business Websites and Services](https://dijituldns.co.uk/subdomain-setup.md): A subdomain is a name in front of your domain, such as shop.yourdomain.co.uk, that can point somewhere different from your main website. dijitul creates the rig
- [DNS Troubleshooting for Website and Email Problems](https://dijituldns.co.uk/dns-troubleshooting.md): When your website will not load or email starts bouncing, DNS is often the cause. dijitul traces the fault from the registrar down: nameservers, missing or dupl
- [Cloudflare Setup for Your Domain](https://dijituldns.co.uk/cloudflare-setup.md): Cloudflare setup means moving your domain's DNS onto Cloudflare so its nameservers answer for you. dijitul adds the domain, checks every imported record against

## Business email
- [Business Email Hosting UK: 10 Mailboxes on Your Domain](https://dijituldns.co.uk/email-hosting.md): dijitul email hosting gives you 10 POP3/IMAP mailboxes on your own domain, with webmail, included with dijihost Complete Hosting at £1 a day + VAT. We set up th
- [Get a Business Email Address on Your Own Domain](https://dijituldns.co.uk/business-email-address.md): A business email address uses your own domain, such as sarah@yourbusiness.co.uk, instead of a free webmail account. dijitul sets one up for you: mailboxes are i
- [Google Workspace Setup for Small Businesses](https://dijituldns.co.uk/google-workspace-setup.md): dijitul sets up Google Workspace on your domain so your team uses Gmail, Drive and Calendar with your own addresses. You pay Google's own per-user price direct 
- [Microsoft 365 Email Setup on Your Domain](https://dijituldns.co.uk/microsoft-365-email-setup.md): dijitul sets up Microsoft 365 email on your domain: domain verification, the MX record, autodiscover, SPF, DKIM and DMARC. You pay Microsoft's own per-user pric
- [Email Forwarding: Forwarders vs Mailboxes](https://dijituldns.co.uk/email-forwarding.md): An email forwarder passes mail sent to one address, such as sales@yourbusiness.co.uk, on to another inbox without storing it. dijitul sets up forwarders and ali
- [Catch-All Email: How It Works and When to Avoid It](https://dijituldns.co.uk/catch-all-email.md): A catch-all email address accepts mail sent to any address at your domain, even ones that do not exist, and delivers it to one mailbox. dijitul can set one up, 
- [Moving Email Provider Without Losing Mail](https://dijituldns.co.uk/moving-email-provider.md): Moving email provider safely means copying every mailbox to the new service, switching the MX record at a low TTL, then running a final copy and updating SPF an
- [Shared and Group Mailboxes for Small Teams](https://dijituldns.co.uk/shared-and-group-mailboxes.md): A shared or group mailbox lets several people read and reply to one address, such as sales@yourbusiness.co.uk. dijitul sets up Microsoft 365 shared mailboxes, G

## Guides
- [How do I transfer a .co.uk domain?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/transfer-co-uk-domain.md): To transfer a .co.uk domain, ask your current registrar to change its IPS tag to the new registrar's tag. There is no auth code and the owner does not change. T
- [What is Cloudflare DNS and do I need it?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/cloudflare-dns-explained.md): Cloudflare DNS is a free authoritative DNS service that answers lookups for your domain, with optional caching and protection for your website on top. Most smal
- [What SPF, DKIM and DMARC records do I need?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/spf-dkim-dmarc-setup.md): You need one SPF TXT record listing every sender, a DKIM record for each sending service, and a DMARC TXT record at _dmarc. The exact values depend on your emai
- [What happens when a domain name expires?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/domain-expired.md): When a domain expires, the website and email stop, then it passes through grace and recovery stages before anyone can register it. A .uk can be renewed until 90
- [Why are my business emails going to spam? The DNS causes](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/emails-going-to-spam.md): Many spam problems start in DNS: a missing or duplicate SPF record, DKIM not published, records lost in a nameserver move, wrong MX records, no reverse DNS, or 
- [How do I point my domain to a new host?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/point-domain-to-new-host.md): To point a domain at a new host, either update its A and AAAA records to the new server's IP address, or change its nameservers at the registrar, keeping every 
- [How do I check who owns my domain name?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/check-domain-ownership.md): Check who owns a domain with a WHOIS lookup (Nominet for .uk, ICANN Lookup for .com), then confirm the registrant name in the registrar account. If a supplier r
- [What is DNS, in plain English?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/what-is-dns.md): DNS, the Domain Name System, is the internet's address book: it turns a name like example.co.uk into the server addresses where your website and email live. Its
- [How to register a .uk or .co.uk domain, step by step](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/how-to-register-a-uk-domain.md): To register a UK domain, search for the name in the dijitul client portal at clients.dijitul.uk, choose .co.uk or .uk, add it to your basket and enter registran
- [How DNS works: resolvers, root, TLD and authoritative servers](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/how-dns-works.md): DNS works as a chain of lookups. Your device asks a resolver, which asks a root server, then the TLD servers for .uk or .com, then your domain's authoritative n
- [What are nameservers and how do I find mine?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/what-are-nameservers.md): Nameservers are the servers that hold your domain's DNS records and answer for it. The registrar records which nameservers to use; the DNS host runs them. They 
- [How to change nameservers without breaking email](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/how-to-change-nameservers.md): To change nameservers, copy every DNS record to the new provider first, remove or replace any DNSSEC DS record, then enter the new nameservers at your registrar
- [DNS records explained: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and more](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/dns-records-explained.md): DNS records are the entries in your domain's zone that say where things go: A and AAAA for server addresses, CNAME for aliases, MX for email, TXT for SPF, DKIM 
- [What is an MX record and how do priorities work?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/what-is-an-mx-record.md): An MX (mail exchanger) record tells other mail servers where to deliver email for your domain. Each has a priority, and the lowest number is tried first. MX val
- [How to set up business email on your own domain](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/how-to-set-up-business-email.md): To set up business email, choose a provider, add its MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records to your domain's DNS, create the mailboxes, then connect each device using 
- [What is a domain transfer auth code (EPP code or TAC)?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/domain-transfer-auth-code.md): An auth code (EPP code, now being renamed the Transfer Authorization Code or TAC) is a password that proves you may move a .com, .org or .net domain to another 
- [How to check DNS records with dig, nslookup and online tools](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/how-to-check-dns-records.md): To check DNS records, run dig on a Mac or Linux, or nslookup on Windows, for the name and record type you want. Query your authoritative nameserver to see what 
- [What is DMARC and how does it protect your domain?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/guides/what-is-dmarc.md): DMARC is a DNS record that tells receiving mail servers what to do with email that claims to be from your domain but fails checks. It passes when SPF or DKIM pa

## Comparisons
- [Cloudflare DNS vs your registrar's DNS](https://dijituldns.co.uk/compare/cloudflare-vs-registrar-dns.md): Your registrar's DNS is free and fine for simple setups, but features vary and some are basic. Cloudflare's free plan adds quick updates, DNSSEC and an optional
- [Hosted email vs Microsoft 365](https://dijituldns.co.uk/compare/email-hosting-vs-microsoft-365.md): Basic hosted email gives you mailboxes on your own domain at low cost. Microsoft 365 adds shared calendars, Teams, office apps and stronger admin, at Microsoft'
- [Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 for business email](https://dijituldns.co.uk/compare/google-workspace-vs-microsoft-365-email.md): Both are reliable choices for business email on your own domain. Microsoft 365 suits teams that live in Outlook, Word and Excel. Google Workspace suits teams th
- [Keep your domain with a registrar or your hosting company?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/compare/domain-registrar-vs-hosting-company.md): A separate registrar keeps your domain independent of your website, so changing host is easier. Keeping it with your hosting company means one bill and one cont
- [.uk or .com: which domain should a UK business choose?](https://dijituldns.co.uk/compare/uk-vs-com-domain.md): A .co.uk or .uk tells customers you are a UK business, and good names are often easier to find. A .com suits businesses selling internationally. For most UK fir

## The dijitul network
All run by DIJITUL LTD (founded 2006, Mansfield, 01623 650333, info@dijitul.uk).
- [dijitul](https://dijitul.uk): Digital agency
- [dijitul web design](https://dijitulwebdesign.co.uk/): Websites from £250
- [Web Design Mansfield](https://web-design-mansfield.co.uk/): Local web design
- [dijitul developments](https://dijituldevelopments.co.uk/): Software, apps, integrations
- [dijitul media](https://dijitulmedia.co.uk/): Design, photo, CAD
- [Search Engine Tuning](https://searchenginetuning.co.uk/): SEO and AI visibility
- [dijitul marketing](https://dijitulmarketing.co.uk/): Ads, social, email
- [dijitul support](https://dijitulsupport.co.uk/): IT and website support
- [dijihost](https://dijihost.co.uk/): Managed UK hosting
- [dijitul DNS](https://dijituldns.co.uk/): Domains, DNS, email
- [dijitul automotive](https://dijitulautomotive.co.uk/): Digital for motor trade
- [dijitul.ai](https://dijitul.ai/): UK-hosted AI (Claude)