December 2009
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CNAMES vs. A-Records for Custom Domain Names
daryn:
I remember asking Marco and the Tumblr support alias this question several times back when I started using Tumblr, but never got a reply, so I’ll pose the question here:
“Why does Tumblr use A-records for custom domains rather than CNAMEs?”
For those of you who don’t know the nuance of the question, a CNAME is essentially an alias from one host name to another, whereas an A record is...
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