Re: [cobalt-users] Same name with subdomain

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I'm talking to myself again <wry grin>, referring to my own
post...

Thinking about it, you can probably use "elle" as the hostname and
"domain.com" as the domain name and still accept mail for
"elle.domain.com" as long as you don't check "accept email for domain"
for that domain.

Jeff

Jeff Lasman wrote:
> 
> Dan wrote:
> 
> > Ahh, I didn't realize you were talking about sub-domains. I'll defer to one
> > of the MX records experts, but it sounds like something you may have to
> > handle manually in your aliases file. The problem I see, on the RAQ, is that
> > only one site is going to be the one set to accept mail for that domain.
> 
> Dan, you can certainly accept mail for subdomains separately on any
> RaQ.  Take for example, the example here:
> 
> > joesite22 and the alias joe@xxxxxxxxxx
> > joesite23 and the alias joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> If the first domain is set up with "www" as the hostname and
> "domain.com" as the domain, and the second is set up with "elle" as the
> hostname and "domain.com" as the domain, yes, only one of them can
> accept mail.
> 
> But if you set up the first one with "www" as the hostname and
> "domain.com" as the domain, and the second with "www" as the hostname
> and "elle.domain.com" as the domain, then you can certainly accept mail
> for both.
> 
> True, they "look" the same, but in the first example the two share the
> same domain and in the second example the domains are different.
> Domains can have any number of "dots" in them.
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