Re: [cobalt-developers] how do you setup a wildcard on the DNS?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael wrote:

> You need to add the record manually since the GUI does not allow
> *.yourname.com.  So, just add an A-record for * pointing to the correct
> ip-address.

If you're going to do this you should be aware that wildcards in DNS do
NOT work for any domain, subdomain or machine name for which there's
already a record.

For example, if you've got a record for "pop.yourdomain.com", then "*"
will NOT work for pop.yourdomain.com.

Jeff
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