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Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by tedunangst on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:27PM (#36636222)
CNAME records are a thing.
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Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by colanderman on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:01PM (#36637542)
You cannot have any other record on a domain with a CNAME. Not workable if you have any other service (say, e-mail) tied to your domain.

SRV records are the correct solution, but neither WebFinger nor Mastodon chose to use them.

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