Interesting, I was able to set it up as a root level domain with GoDaddy.com
buyersvote.com pointing to heroku.com @Keenan, what did you have to do with the MX records? I am using Google Apps to handle the email and I assume I should setup something like this? http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/10/25/creating-mx-records-for-google-apps It looks like Heroku already has these MX records setup for Google Apps: Macintosh:BuyersVote barmstrong$ host buyersvote.com buyersvote.com is an alias for heroku.com. heroku.com has address 75.101.163.44 heroku.com has address 75.101.145.87 heroku.com mail is handled by 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx4.googlemail.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx5.googlemail.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 1 aspmx.l.google.com. heroku.com mail is handled by 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. But I'm guessing I should set it up with my own domain on GoDaddy to avoid potential spam issues? (where the email from address says buyersvote.com but the reverse dns says heroku?) I don't quite understand how this works, just guessing...if someone has more info please let me know. Thanks! Brian On Apr 12, 7:20 pm, Matthew Winter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I read an blog post recently on the subject of comparing hosted DNS > providers: > > > http://dns.learnhub.com/lesson/11620-how-to-compare-hosted-dns-provid... > > The article got me thinking about the current use of cname at Heroku, > and how you would need to incur double name resolution costs. > > Take your domain "sonic.net". > > A user enters "www.sonic.net" into their browser, the browser then > makes a requests from your DNS to be passed back the name > "heroku.com", a second request would then need to be made to the > Heroku DNS, to obtain the IP address. > > So using the figures given in that website, the average response for > the DNS request was 113ms, meaning for accessing an application > deployed on Heroku, you would need on average 226ms, with the worst > time being 760ms. > > So the user would have to wait up to 3/4 of a second before the > browser even makes the request for the webpage. > > Maybe Heroku could offer DNS services, as a paid for option. So > removing the need for 2 requests, and therefore cutting the response > times even further. As long as we have some way of modifying the MX > records I am sure most people would be happy to pay for the service, > once there sites take off. > > Regards > Matthew Winter > > On 13/04/2009, at 2:24 AM, shenry wrote: > > > > > I wasn't able to get Sonic.net to allow the root-level domain to point > > to either the www subdomain or heroku.com (in both cases it said it > > was an invalid IP.) > > > I had to make an .htaccess file that redirects root-level domain > > requests to the www subdomain, which then goes to heroku.com.... I'm > > sure this is hurting performance but I'm not sure if there is another > > way to get sonic.net to play nice. > > > Any ideas? > > > Stu > > > On Apr 12, 7:27 am, Keenan Brock <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Having a primary domain as a cname sometimes messes with mail mx > >> records. > > >> Sometimes the DNS host can't figure it out. Godaddy gave me all sorts > >> of issues setting up the cname. > > >> But all in all, it works in the end. Other DNS hosts are easier. > > >> Best of luck > > >> --Keenan > > >> On Apr 11, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Brian Armstrong <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>>http://docs.heroku.com/custom-domains > > >>> In the docs it says "or it could be the root-level domain, > >>> mydomain.com, though this last one has some caveats described > >>> below". > > >>> I didn't see anything describing below, what should we watch out > >>> for? > > >>> Thanks! > >>> Brian > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
