Yes, those MX records are our corporate ones for Heroku. They do no have anything to do with your apps.
Best, MOrten On Apr 13, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Brian Armstrong wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
