On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Barry Hunter
<barrybhun...@googlemail.com>wrote:

>
> 2009/7/29 Nick Johnson (Google) <nick.john...@google.com>:
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > We don't support 'naked' domains due to issues with the way DNS works
> (you
> > can't CNAME a 'naked' domain). We are actively looking for a way to
> resolve
> > this.
>
> It is possible to create a CNAME for a naked domain. Its not widely
> supported by all DNS hosts though. It does however have the side
> effect of breaking MX records - so email will not function on the
> domain.


It is in violation of the DNS RFC to create a CNAME record on a name that
has any other records - that includes an A record for the 'www' subdomain.
Some clients may be lenient enough to accept it, but it's not something to
rely on.


>
>
> Example:
>
> http://centralops.net/co/NsLookup.aspx?domain=vacation-tours.co.uk&type=255&server=ns.hosteurope.com&class=1&port=53&timeout=5000
>
> Alas cant make this work with AppEngine, because Google Apps says
> "Required field must not be blank", when trying to associate it :(
>
> This is what the 123-reg.co.uk admin has to say about it:
> "Warning - If you have an @ record set to a CNAME, all other @ records
> (including MX) will be ignored and set to the same domain to which it
> points."
>
>
>
>
> >
> > There's no limitation on what subdomain(s) you can map your app to,
> however
> > - it doesn't have to be 'mydomain' or anything else. Most people map
> their
> > app to 'www', and use a service that sends 302 redirects to the www alias
> > for any requests made to the naked domain.
> >
> > -Nick Johnson
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Daniel Rhoden <drho...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> At any of the paid levels or free, is there any better support of
> >> private domains than just naked domains, mapping <appid> to http://
> >> <appid>.yourdomain.com ?
> >>
> >> For example, lets say I have domain 'mydomain.com' and I registered
> >> 'mydomain' on App Engine.  It would be pretty silly having people go
> >> to 'http://mydomain.mydomain.com/'
> >>
> >> So I'm wanting to know, is there a way I can have 'mydomain.com' BE my
> >> domain for my app?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Also, will there be any DNS offerings?
> >>
> >> --Daniel Rhoden
> >> Guntersville, Alabama
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Barry
>
> - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk -
>
> >
>

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