[Zope] Domain Name HOW TO

Rick Robino rrobino@wavedivision.com
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 03:42:41 -0700


This is the way DNS already works. Get the DNS and Bind book or search
around for DNS information (eg., www.isc.org/bind/) - you want MX
information in particular.

--Rick

> On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 06:16:00AM -0400, Robert O'Connor wrote:
> A slightly off ZOPE topic and BASIC
> but anyway:  Basic URL def:
> 
> protocol://subdomain.second-level-domain.
> top-level-domain:port/directory/filename 
> 
> So you get and register a second-level
> -domain name such as "mysite" with
> a top-level-domain such as "org". 
> Good!
> 
> Now say you want to set up multiple
> subdomains, for example:
> 
>   - tarzan.mysite.org
>   - jane.mysite.org
> 
> Can these subdomains be in totally different
> locations hosted by different hosts?
> 
> Say I have a primary site
> 
>   - mysite.org hosted by HOST1
> 
> Can I use HOST2 in another location
> to host: 
>   - tarzan.mysite.org  and
>   - jane.mysite.org  ?
> 
> Does HOST1 have to do something
> to re-route to subdomain HOST2?
> 
> What about e-mail?  Can
> I get email at HOST1 in the form
> - bob@mysite.org
> and also different email at HOST2
> - bob@tarzan.mysite.org
> 
> IF this is possible, it would save
> unnecessary domain registration
> and make it easy to set up
> additional subsites.
> 
> *TIA Zopesters
> 
> -Bob OConnor bob@rocnet.com
> 
> 
> 
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