The use of RP records is optional.

The RP record consists of two fields. The first field contains the e-mail address of the responsible person. NameSurfer displays this address in the usual Internet user@dom.ain format.

The second field may optionally be used to specify the location of additional, free-format textual information about the responsible person. If used, it should contain a domain name under which the additional information is stored in the form of one or more TXT records. This domain name and its TXT records must to be created separately (using the "Add: [Comment]" link on the zone page). If there is no need for additional information, the field should contain the root domain ".". This is given as the default.

In places where the space available for display of RP data is limited, such as the zone page, NameSurfer displays only the first (e-mail) field.

The RP record itself is entered on the node page of the domain name whose responsible person is being defined.

Your installation of NameSurfer may have been set up to display a selector box with predefined RP alternatives. In this case, you can simply select one of the predefined alternatives, or if none of the alternatives is acceptable, select [Define new] and press the OK submit button. You will then be prompted for the required information.

If there are no predefined RP alternatives, RP records are entered using a pair of text fields, one for the e-mail address and another for the domain name with TXT records.