How can I redirect a subdomain to goto a site at another server? CNAME

[linuxMaestro]

How can I redirect a subdomain to goto a site at another server? CNAME?

I want microsoft.mydomain.com to redirect to

http://www.microsoft.com

Is this possible with a CNAME?

I tried it and it does't seem to work.

Any tips?

 

[MichealC4]

The easiest way would probably be to use a PTR record.

http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/02/31/index3a_page4.html?tw=backend

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[ChrisAC]

A PTR record would not redirect a host/sub-domain to another domain! PTR records are used for mapping IP addresses back to hostnames.

LinuxMaestro,

http://www.microsoft.com

points to another CNAME for

http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net

which has a number of different IP addresses. Having a host point to a CNAME and then point to another CNAME is a no no!

Your best bet would just be to host a page on your own web server with a redirect script to

http://www.microsoft.com.

Chris.

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