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Old 11-01-2003, 07:29 AM
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Why do I think that might go over many peoples heads! I had to read it a few times to get my head around it.

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That's why the typed URL 'domain.com' will work in a browser when 'www.domain.com' fails, because
Isn't it more of the case that domain.com files, and you have to go back and put the www. in? I have seen, however, sites that work only without the www. www will always be a subdomain made, because we are all used to typing www.site.com. Simply saying its just a waste of 4 bytes, would wreck the internet linking!

For my own website, the www. is required unless I go back and ask for it to work without, but this is down to virtual hosting, which is quite common today.
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