# DNS question

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235 "2023-05-25T17:00:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-question/266235/4 "2023-05-25T18:35:27Z")

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For your purposes, the CNAME records are just a pointer in the DNS lookup. The browser doesn’t follow CNAME redirections.

In either case, you would need to configure a web server for `example.com` to send a redirect to `community.example.com`.

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