Thank you Morten. I managed to go into my Google Apps admin page for an existing domain, and the admin took me to the registrar's domain admin site, and there I added a CNAME record to point to my Heroku app. Woohoo!
Cheers, Jay On Jun 13, 6:58 pm, Morten Bagai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, when you get a domain name, you have to add CNAME entry to your > DNS records that points a subdomain of, say, hockey.com to Heroku. > That could bewww.hockey.comor wiki.hockey.com - any subdomain > really. How your mail is handled is controlled by a special type of > DNS record called MX (Mail Exchange) records. > > Many domain registrars give you a simple web-based interface for > managing DNS records. I've attached a screenshot for what a sample > one looks like based on a domain I bought from Godaddy. You could > also outsource DNS management to a service like EasyDNS - they > provide a very simple, clean web GUI for managing DNS records. > > If you were to sign up for Google Apps email hosting, they give very > good instructions for how to set up the MX records. I'm sure this is > equally true for other services like AuthSMTP. > > /Morten > > > > Picture 21.png > 1KDownload > > Picture 21.png > 64KViewDownload > > > > On Jun 13, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Jay Godse wrote: > > > > > I see where you are going with this. Makes sense. > > > So...when I get a domain name (e.g. hockey.com), I have to put an > > entry somewhere that mapswww.hockey.comto the my heroku app > > (hockey.heroku.com), and I need another entry that maps > > mail.hockey.com to the google URL. > > > Suppose that I buy hockey.com. Do I have to do it through Google Apps > > and then havewww.hockey.compoint to hockey.heroku.com, or do I have > > hockey.com at Google and then have mail.hockey.com point to > > mail.google.com? > > > I'm confused... > > > Curiously, Jay > > > On Jun 13, 2:37 pm, Morten Bagai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Jay, > > >> You don't need to have your mail server hosted with Heroku to do > >> this. > >> In fact, we don't even offer mail server hosting, and have no > >> plans to > >> do so for a variety of reasons mostly related to managing and > >> protecting against spam. > > >> When you tie a custom domain name to your Heroku app, all you're > >> doing > >> is creating a CNAME record that'll point a subdomain (like www) to > >> your app. Your mail server will be hosted somewhere else as indicated > >> by the MX records for your domain. There's a variety of options you > >> could choose here, but the free edition of Google Apps mail hosting, > >> might be a good place to start:http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/ > >> en/admins/editions.html. > >> This would also allow you to use the GMail STMP service - a popular > >> choice with many Heroku users. > > >> Hope this helps, > > >> /Morten > > >> P.S. I have a Yahoo mail account, and I noticed you can now configure > >> any number of mail addresses that can send mail through Yahoo using > >> your main account credentials for SMTP authentication. They sure hid > >> thos options well, buthttp://us.f811.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Optionsand > >> clicking "Mail Addresses" gets me there. > > >> On Jun 13, 4:49 am, Jay Godse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> I think my application just got blessed (at my request). I know this > >>> because now I can apparently fill in a custom domain name. > > >>> Suppose I buywww.hockey.comasmydomain. I want to be able to send > >>> out emails from my application with [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the from: > >>> address. I'm not sure how to do this with Heroku. I also want to be > >>> able to read emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> I have some working code at home that will connect to my Yahoo > >>> account > >>> and send email under my Yahoo account name, but none that will do it > >>> under my custom domain name. > > >>> So...how to I associate a Heroku-hosted mail server to my Heroku > >>> application and custom domain? > > >>> Curiously, Jay > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
