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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113650         
           Summary: Confusing GUI for DNS Server
           Product: kcontrol
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: molkentin kde org
        ReportedBy: marcc easystreet com


Version:           3.3.0 (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    I Don't Know
OS:                Linux

There seems to be two routes to setting up NS and MX records for a zone in the DNS server configuration gui. The tabs/panels  that identify and configure these records seem obvious enough, but under the Records tab one can also select record types for NS and MX. Trying to add these records from this point is extremely confusing and the underlying model is not obvious. Why should there be two data entry points for each of these records? This implies there is a different purpose and I cannot discern what it is. The GUI  for the Records panel does NOT guide the user towards entering these records properly (in fact there is NO guide on what the value field for an MX record should be!!) nor is there any immediate feedback telling the user that these records were successfully entered when they are done. I for one cannot possibly understand the purpose of being able to enter these records from within this Records section of the Zone Editor GUI. 

The best solution, it appears because I don't know if there is some special purpose for having the ability to enter NS and MX records from within the Records GUI panel, is to simply remove these selections from the pull down menu of record types. That way the user is appropriately guided to the NS and MX GUI panels where it is more obvious how to enter these records.

SOME DOCUMENTATION IS DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE!