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pointhq alternative?
tridinebandim
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hi, i got an email from them, and didnt read at first 
. later when i read it, i learnt that they are going to limit the number of total domains in free plan to 1. So time to fly to a new free dns provider. i know about dns.he.net, is there any user friendly alternatives? or best choice is he.net?
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I also got this email, although I've kind of bargained with them a bit.
If you're looking to move:
DNS4.pro
Cloudns
Feel free to move to us
I'll vouch for Rage4. Truly awesome service over there!
http://www.rage4.com/
DNS4.pro recommended :-)
thanks, do you have a feature to copy all records from current zone ?
why all free dns services suck in design
(infact DNS4.pro has an acceptable interface 
)
do he.net have an api for dns, i'd like to work on a project to make he.net take records from current zone.
@tridinebandim - yes, you can import whole zone via AXFR from your current provider
anyway to whitelist all ip in AXFR whitelist section like * or "ALL" ?
It depends on your needs. I used to use dns.he.net and it was adequate. But at some point, I needed API access and as you said, the interface can be a little clunky.
Right now, I use Rackspace DNS. It is free for cloud customers but you can easily bypass that requirement. After you sign up, just create a container in Cloud Files - don't upload anything, just create the container. At that point, they consider you a paying customer. So you can use the cloud DNS feature as well as get free 50k credits/month for Mailgun (a service like Mandrill and Sendgrid).
PS: I did this over a year ago and still haven't paid a cent for their service. If it does not work for you anymore, sorry! Just use Rage4
@tridinebandim - please open a support ticket if you need any help with migration
i am with @gbshouse on rage4.com, i use their dns service, and i don't have any problems.
What?
Just moved my pointhq domains over to rackspace, fwiw.