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 >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
