Notices by Joel D (joeld@tilde.zone)

@evan @algernon @jesse OK I see, except it’s really not like MX at all. It’s not handled via DNS but by making sure your web server is set up to redirect certain HTTP requests. (Good luck if your domain points at something like Wix or Squarespace?) It would have been a lot simpler if they had used a DNS-based approach instead.

@evan @algernon @jesse kvetching aside, thanks for explaining it to me!

@algernon @jesse @evan what exactly is the mechanism by which @<user>@company.com “points to” anything other than the server at company.com ?

@jesse @evan it’s possible but then where does the org put their actual website, which vastly more people are going to be looking for?