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> How would you go about re directing a domain if you have to re-direct it to
> something like the following:
> http://www.domainname.com/domainname
> i was thinking about CNAME but i get an error everytime i play with it...

You can't do that. A domain name is not a URL.

You can point a domain name (one single name) at another domain name
using CNAME, e.g.

dom.a.com.	CNAME	dom.b.com.

But there is no way (today) of doing something like this:

*.a.com.	CNAME	*.b.com.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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