Hi there,

Please use proxy.heroku.com to avoid any possible interference with  
email delivery, if you have MX records set up for your domain.

Morten


On Jun 17, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Kieran Topping <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> As far as I can gather (i.e. as fars as my experience goes) you can  
> set
> your CNAME record to point to either heroku.com OR proxy.heroku.com.
> Until your DNS change is visible to Heroku, Heroku displays the  
> message
> (along the lines of) "Sorry, you need to add a CNAME record ->
> proxy.heroku.com". This message is slightly incorrect, in that it is  
> at
> odds with the documentation. However, the gist of the message is that
> "your DNS change isn't live/widely-visible yet".
> In my experience, unless you lower your TTL value in good time, it can
> take up to a couple of days for the new CNAME record to be widely  
> visible.
> Whether heroku.com -> proxy.heroku.com is an official change or not, I
> can't advise!
> Kieran
>
>
>
>
> Paul Gallagher wrote:
>> @ngrandy: Likewise.
>>
>> Last week I setup a domain with CNAME -> heroku.com
>> <http://heroku.com>. No problems adding the custom domain to heroku.
>>
>> Setup another domain yesterday with CNAME -> heroku.com
>> <http://heroku.com>
>> Now I can't add the custom domain to heroku; it complains that it
>> needs CNAME -> proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>
>>
>> It seems like something has changed at heroku. But the documentation
>> still says "CNAME -> heroku.com <http://heroku.com>", and my domains
>> setup that way still work fine.
>>
>> Anyone know if there has there been an official change, or is this a
>> problem that needs to get fixed?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:57 AM, ngrandy <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>    I was recently able to add a new custom domain only by using
>>    proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>.  However, the
>>    previsouly-created custom domains
>>    pointing to heroku.com <http://heroku.com> still work.
>>
>>
>>    On May 21, 4:08 am, Kieran Topping <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Thank you Carson,
>>> I am well aware that I haven't added the CNAME record yet.
>>> I just wanted to check whether I should add an alias for
>>    "heroku.com <http://heroku.com>" or
>>> "proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>".
>>> Many thanks for clearing up my confusion!
>>> Kieran
>>>
>>> Carson Cole wrote:
>>>> Set the alias to "heroku.com <http://heroku.com>" in the CNAME
>>    record.
>>>
>>>> Then, add your app in heroku, which will check if the CNAME
>>    record has
>>>> been entered for your domain. As you found, when it checked,
>>    the CNAME
>>>> record hadn't been added, which is why you got the message.
>>>
>>>> On May 21, 6:51 pm, Kieran Topping <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>>> There is slightly conflicting information on heroku.com
>>    <http://heroku.com> regarding how to
>>>>> set up a custom domain name.
>>>
>>>>> http://docs.heroku.com/custom-domains
>>>
>>>>> says to add a CNAME alias for "your.custom.domain" ->
>>    "heroku.com <http://heroku.com>"
>>>
>>>>> However, when I try to then add the custom domain via:
>>>
>>>>> https://heroku.com/myapps/MyAppName
>>>
>>>>> I get a message saying:
>>>
>>>>> Please check that you've configured this domain name with
>>    your provider.
>>>>> Check the domain at the command line with "host
>>    your.custom.domain", it
>>>>> should return output like "your.custom.domain is an alias for
>>>>> proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>" or
>>    "your.custom.domain CNAME proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com 
>> >".
>>>
>>>>> i.e. it states "proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>"
>>    rather than "heroku.com <http://heroku.com>".
>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know which is correct?
>>>
>>>>> (NB it's slightly tricky for me to just "try both and see
>>    which works"
>>>>> as I have to go through [two!] third parties in order to add
>>    the CNAME
>>>>> alias!)
>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>>> Kieran
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> >

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