CNAME point subdomain to another domain

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Published on 2012-11-17T20:36:49Z Indexed on 2012/11/17 23:05 UTC
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I know this has been asked before in various forms, but I've tried all the suggestions and had no luck (or maybe skills).

I am trying to point a subdomain (mail.cloversalon.com) to Rackspace's hosted Webmail service for a client.

My understanding is I should be able to set up cname for the subdomain and point it to rackspace's hostname: apps.rackspace.com

I have set up the following cnames:

www.mail            IN  CNAME   apps.rackspace.com
autodiscover        IN  CNAME   autodiscover.emailsrvr.com
mail                IN  CNAME   apps.rackspace.com

I have tried doing dig mail.cloversalon.com and nslookup but both report that mail.cloversalon.com is a nonexistent domain.

I have restarted the name server numerous times.

I'm sure I must be missing something silly.

Thanks for any help!

Cheers

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