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To: Air Capital Linux Users Group <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] DNS & hostname
From: Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:25:53 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-to: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Troy Wolf wrote:

> If I have the registered domain, troywolf.com (which I do), and I want
> people to be able to ftp to my ftp server using 'ftp.troywolf.com',
> does the ftp server have to have the name ftp.troywolf.com

not necessarily

> or is this simply a function of the dns registration for
> ftp.troywolf.com?

It's a function of DNS, yes. You point 'ftp.troywolf.com' to whatever
machine/IP you like; your nameserver will be the one that's asked about
it. You don't need to register ftp.troywolf.com.

-jeff
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