[thelist] configuring a subdomain

[Anthony Baratta]

At 06:11 PM 8/29/2002, noah wrote:

>It is non-local, so I guess it's working right. This just a hobby site, so
>the DNS is being handled by granitecanyon.com.

There ya go....I was assuming everything local.

>My original inclination was to use a CNAME to set up the subdomain (i.e.,
>"subdomain IN CNAME foo.com."). Would this have worked as well?

I don't use CNAMES to point to external hosts. Personal preference, not
sure if that's the proper way or not. ;-)

>Here's what my entire zone file looks like now:
>subdomain IN A 209.203.234.83; EXTREF

The only thing I would change is make subdomain read, subdomain.foo.com.
just like all the others. Just to keep them all the same.
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