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You can't do CNAME with the root domain record. That is all.



Yes, your screenshot shows you putting a CNAME in at your domain's root. The GUI should have disallowed this, as it's not permitted in DNS.


It's telling that the writer included a screenshot rather than just stating what he did. He believed the GUI was doing something for him when it was not.



That blog post is just as wrong today as it was a year ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2593403


The reality begs to agree.


Yeah, I give up. I just changed it.




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