[thelist] www prefix is it necessary?
Bruce McIntyre
bmcintyre at issgroup.net
Mon Jan 24 15:51:37 CST 2005
It depends on the browser...
Some browsers will try the URL you put in. If not found, it will try
again prepending "www." Makes two DNS calls.
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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Paul Bennett
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Subject: Re: [thelist] www prefix is it necessary?
my experience tells me that sites will not always work without the www.
It's obviously some shonky dns thing (feel free to chime-in w exact
technical details here) but I have visited several sites where trying
the url without the www gets me a 'site not found' message.
my 2c anyway....
Rich Points wrote:
> Howdy,
> I try to avoid using the www prefix when witting and talking about
> URL's. As far as I know all urls will work without the www.
> My question is why is this prefix used if it's not necessary?
>
> R
>
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