DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database where the keys are domain names.
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Make all subdomains point to root unless otherwise specified
I'd like all subdomains that aren't being used for anything else to go straight to my domain.
ns1.mydomain.com. A 198.123.44.55
ns2.mydomain.com. A 198.123.44.66
*.mydomain.com. CNAME ...
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CDN CNAMEs not resolving to customer origin
I have set up an Edgecast CDN to mirror all my static content. Because I use the root of my domain (donaldjenkins.com) to host my main site—using Google Analytics which sets cookies—I've stored the ...
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Redirect of www vs. “all works” [duplicate]
I was asked a question from a friend if he should redirect his-domain.com to www.his-domain.com.
I answered him that it seems more intuitive to just make both work. So if you enter by his-domain.com ...
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trouble setting up dns for vps
I had registered a domain at namecheap and forwarded the DNS to my host at vps.net.
The strange thing is, when I did that the site was showing up. I even uploaded files and everything was displaying ...
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After changing DNS a domain shows differently on different browser?
I have changed the nameserver's of one of my domains but I found a problem that within Firefox these changes have not updated as expected, however this problem does not occur in other browsers such as ...
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How long does it really take for web DNS change to propagate? [closed]
When you change your domain's nameservers to point to a different web host, there is a delay as the nameserver information "propagates" throughout the internet. This delay is typically quoted as 2-3 ...
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Use a custom domain and point to Tumblr blog
My domain mydomain.com is registered with GoDaddy. I wish to host my Tumblr blog on this domain with Nearly Free Speech hosting.
My active nameservers at GoDaddy already point to my authoritative ...
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Should I create zone for each domain that I want to host on my server
I'm setting up a web hosting on my VPS, I want to host several websites on my vps, I have two domains, domain1.com and domain2.com and a website for each hosted on iis, I know that I should add these ...
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Setting up DNS web server from scratch [closed]
I am a novice in setting up webserver. Where should I get a step by step instruction for setting up the DNS for my new web server.
Server: Windows 2008 Server R2
I have a Static IP.
Two domains need ...
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Cannot access area of site using www, without it works
Struggling with this one.
I recently bought hosting and domain name. I have put a holding page on the site, plus installed wordpress in the directory /wordpress.
Going to ...
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DNS: forward part of a managed domain to one host, but sub domain services to another (Google Apps)
I was going to post this as a comment against DNS: Forward domain to another host, but I don't seem able to do that.
I'm in a similar situation. I have a DNS registered/managed by enom, except with ...
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WHM local/external mail server confusion
We host several websites on the same server using WHM but this seems to confuse the mail routing when someone has their own external mail servers - it looks locally.
We have our own email accounts ...
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if I specify a wildcard dns entry will it override any specific values?
I have
cheese.mycompany.com - 1.1.1.1
I want to go
*.mycompany.com = 1.1.1.2
without effecting cheese ? Will this work, just having two seprate dns entries ?
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create redirect of subdomain [closed]
I have a new app server that will run an ftp server and a few other things. It won't run a web server.
I want to put that app server on a subdomain so that I can access it. So ultimately I will be ...
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Do I have to create a new master zone for every site in webmin?
I'm new to webmin and would like to use it for three sites.
Do I have to create a new master zone for each of my sites?
Thanks in advance.
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DNS forwarding used to point godaddy DNS to heroku app: this doesn't work from a corporate network -why?
My domain on Godaddy is set up with DNS forwarding to the heroku app.
This works fine from all the internet connections I've tried except for the one at work. How can I troubleshoot this issue? Is it ...
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Tumblr Custom Domain not redirecting properly
I decided to host my blog at Tumblr, using their custom domain setup (http://blog.smokingfishgames.com/ instead of http://smokingfishgames.tumblr.com). However, it's been 72 hours and I'm still ...
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How can I remove the security/malicious user warning from my website?
I have a domain name tradespring.net, and www.tradespring.net that redirect to my heroku app with a CNAME record. However when I first try to access these sites it gives me a malicious warning
This ...
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Why does modx-based site start using different domains for some content?
situation
I have a modx site on a VPS with multiple domain and subdomain names. The modx site should use what I call the 'primary' domain name's 'primary' subdomain, ie www.intendedname.tld . The ...
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“NS1” and “NS2” A records suddenly required?
I have a VPS server that I host several sites on. One of the domain names I use for a site hosted on the VPS is registered through a different company.
The site was working fine until this morning ...
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My new DNS change works from America but not Sweden
Several hours ago, I changed nameserver and DNS info on one of my domains at my domainregistar. When I accessed the domain from my home computers and when my friends accessed the domain, they get to ...
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Unable to add a domain (purchased from godaddy.com) to the dreamhost account
My client just purchased a domain from godaddy.com and I'm trying to add it as a new domain on their dreamhost account.
But it is unable to be added. It simply doesn't work and doesn't even show any ...
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Can I keep domain directed with DNS as the URL showing to another hosted domain? [closed]
Can't find the answer to this. Have a hosted account with www.myhosteddomain.com with the www.maindomain.com directed by DNS to it. The www.maindomain.com is what I want displayed as the URL. It works ...
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My Herokuapp is inaccessible from custom domain name
I have a Heroku app that is located at myapp.herokuapp.com. I have mapped a domain name to this app, using the A properties. I followed the instructions on Heroku's website to the letter, and it ...
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ICANN nTLD applications acceptance [closed]
I've been paying attention to the new list of new TLDs being applied for, for a good while now.
And after thinking through the whole thing, it looks like an absolute trainwreck that will just ruin ...
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Separate Nameserver and MX server at different providers [duplicate]
I have a DNS + Mail service with hosting company HostA for a domain mydomain.com and would like to use the servers of FreeDNS as nameservers so that they will resolve web requests to my home server's ...
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How to provide email accounts without changing the DNS?
My client have registered a domain name through BigRock.in, and my client needs 10 email accounts, so I decided to provide it through my web hosting (re seller account).
My question is - How to ...
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How to point GoDaddy to EntryDNS domain
I have a server connected via dynamic IP. I have set up EntryDNS to manage the change of my IP. If I put in my EntryDNS URL it points me to my server's current IP. I purchased a domain from GoDaddy, ...
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Migrate add-on domain olddomain.com to newdomain.com
I have 2 domains that are registered at GoDaddy :
domaina.com (not hosted, only domain name is registered to GD)
domainb.com (hosted at a different webhost, domain name registered to GD)
...
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Can I register DNS under an IP with a subdomain on 1&1?
I have a server on the website www.example.com, and I want to register another domain like www.examplehelp.com with DNS from www.example.com/help. Can I do something like this on 1&1 domain ...
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How can I prevent another site from trying to phish my customers by cloning the look and feel of my site?
I have a site hosted on Godaddy. Recently, another site that I don't control has copied the look and feel of my site. They look exactly like my site, except the domains are different.. Godaddy's ...
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cPanel email doesn't seem to work - error 550?
I am fairly new to the web hosting game, so bear with me :)
Recently set up a VPS with cPanel and WHM. Everything is going well so far, I've created a user domain and transferred my website there, ...
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Wildcard dns record point to multiple servers
I would like to give my users their own subdomain like jack.xxx.com, james.xxx.com, and is using wildcard dns record to do that.
But now I would like to separate users into multiple servers, like ...
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How to make Thunderbird recognize our Google Apps domain? [closed]
When setting up a new email address in Thunderbird, it makes a guess for the correct server settings (IMAP/SMTP) so users don't need to type everything in them selves.
For most of the domains I ...
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private whois but still list email-address?
I tried Googling it, but I couldn't find an answer.
I would like private whois, meaning I wouldn't want to display my home address etc.
However, I still would want to list email-address.
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302 Redirect causes garbage at end of Wordpress link in Facebook
When I try to link my Wordpress blog to Facebook, the url doesn't resolve properly. There's garbage appended at the end and Facebook is not able to retrieve information from the site. Happens in ...
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Issue updating domain name servers from BlueHost to AWS
I am trying to migrate my site hosting from bluehost to AWS cloud based service.
I have the site up and running on AWS with an elastic IP configured, it loads fine when I specify the IP address in ...
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A record point not working
I'm trying to do an A record point to transfer the hosting of a domain from one provider to another. I don't want to change the nameservers as this will result in emails going down.
The output when ...
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different mail boxes for domain alias on domains.live.com using plesk
I have 1 Primary domain and 5 Aliases.
Primary Domain is:
PrimaryDomain.com
Aliases are:
alias1.com
alias2.com
alias3.com
alias4.com
alias5.com
I like to create following separate Inboxes on ...
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blah.com works, www.blah.com doesn't
I've found many a common question but unfortunately none of them really directly answered my inquiry, below is a copy paste of the info I am provided by xname.org I've replaced my .com with blah.com, ...
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How to move a website and domain name without experiencing downtime for emails or site?
Okay, I have a pretty complex problem, so I'll get right to it. I'm a designer who built a new website for my client. Their old site is hosted at GoDaddy, as well as their email. Problem is, the ...
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Domain only forwards with external hosting
I have a domain with Namecheap and hosting with 1and1. Forwarding is no problem - domain.com goes to the right page. The problem arises when I navigate to another page on the website, when it reverts ...
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Domain name issues [1&1]
I'm trying to make my domain name point to my web-server.
I own a domain through 1&1, and I have a linux computer I have set up to run as my web-server. I'm a student at college, and my college ...
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issue with Domain, DNS and Hosting
I bought domains from GoDaddy.
I bought hosting from NFS.
I changed my DNS from GD to NFS.
Do I require to host DNS on NFS for website to work properly, or can I host DNS back on GD?
I am paying ...
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Is there any way to redirect one domain to another via DNS settings keeping the path information?
For example, my domain is example.com and when someone navigates to example.com/sample/page.htm, I want it to redirect to test.com/sample/page.htm.
I know that this can probably easily be done using ...
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How to find domain registrar and DNS hosting with good DNSSEC support?
Simplified problem
I want to buy a domain and make a website that is fully secured with DNSSEC.
I want to make sure that only the one right SSL certificate could be validated by the browsers and all ...
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I want to redirect subdomain.domain1.com to domain2.com/directory using DNS
I own 2 domain names "domain1.com" and "domain2.com", I want to redirect subdomain.domain1.com to domain2.com/directory using DNS (preferably). Can anyone assist (I am an amateur at domain ...
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Point 1&1 hosted domain to my account which is also on 1&1 [closed]
My site is hosted on 1&1 and a friend who am I building a site with purchased a domain with 1&1 also. I created a folder and subdomain which is pointing to that folder. I cannot figure out how ...
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web url forwarding to different port and subdirectory
I would like to forward anyone going to subdomain.old-domain.com:8014 to this new address subdomain.new-domain.com:8000/subdirectory (note a different domain AND different port PLUS a subdirectory)
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Google Webmaster Tools, DNS Errors & HostPapa
I received this message from Google Webmaster Tools:
Over the last 24 hours, Googlebot encountered 2 errors while
attempting to retrieve DNS information for your site. The overall
error rate ...
