I dont host my own DNS - i use a service like ZoneEdit.  But I need to
have the following functionality.  I need <anyname>.mydomain.com to go
one IP.  So in the browser I should be able to go: 
HTTP://xyz.mydomain.com to work just the same as
http://abc.mydomain.com or http://www.mydomain.com

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Clarification of Question by placeholder-ga on 30 Mar 2004 14:34 PST

Also - i dont want to have to set names up beforehand.  I want
arbitary hostnames to be able to be used.

Yes, it can be done.

Add the following line to the zone data file for your domain:

*.mydomain.com.    IN     A     <IP address of your machine>

Put it after the last "real" record in the file, and the DNS server
will look through the other records first. If it doesn't find a match,
it returns the "default" IP address.

For Zoneedit, the specific instructions for how to do this are at
http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html#faq11.

Alan Kali

That works....

Can you post your response as a answer so I can close this?

Thanks again!

Hi placeholder-ga:

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Glad you found it useful, placeholder. I was just trying to help out.

Alan Kali