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25 Feb 2007, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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alias error, when "poking holes" in wildcard MX
I'm attempting to follow the second half of FAQ item 9 on the virtual domains page:
http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/faqparts...ernalSubdomain In particular, I already had thok.org and *.thok.org set up (in DNS and on fastmail), added an MX record for local-kittens.thok.org, went to add "local-kittens.thok.org NONE" to the virtual domains list under options->virtual domains, and got: "An alias currently uses this domain. You must delete all aliases that use a domain before you can deactivate the domain." Does this mean that I have to delete the */thok.org entry under "virtual aliases" at the top of that page? I tried experimenting with the corresponding thok.com entries (I actually *use* thok.org, thok.com is just for experimenting), and it didn't work (I got the same error)... (I don't have *any* aliases under options->settings->aliases, so I assume that's not what it is referring to...) |
25 Feb 2007, 02:25 PM | #2 |
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Oh, I think I found it - I get that error if I try to *add* the subdomain with "active" set to none... but if instead I add it as "waiting for DNS", then change it to None and hit update, it takes it; hopefully I'll find out in the next 15m to an hour if it actually works :-) Seems like an odd UI issue, maybe the FAQ could be expanded a little.
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25 Feb 2007, 02:50 PM | #3 |
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Welcome to the EMD Forums, eichin!
Here is a post with step by step details which might help you: Virtual Domain Activation Bill |
25 Feb 2007, 03:36 PM | #4 |
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It all appears to work now - doing it in two steps instead of one did do the right thing.
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26 Feb 2007, 01:54 PM | #5 |
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Interesting, that is a buggy message. I'll make a fix for it.
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