[Mimedefang] OT: www. and "lazy users" (was Re: DNS and MX records)

Kelson kelson at speed.net
Mon May 15 15:06:01 EDT 2006


Jeff Rife wrote:
>> The only real use for the www. prefix is as a visual cue indicating that
>> the address refers to a website.
> 
> No, it's because it's not "store.domain.tld" (where you buy stuff from 
> the company) or "support.domain.tld" (where they provide support info), 
> etc.

I'm not talking about www vs. other hostnames -- I'm talking about www 
vs. the plain domain name.

You could just as easily have "domain.tld" be the main website for the 
domain and "support.domain.tld" and "store.domain.tld" be alternate 
websites.  Whether the default is "www.domain.tld" or "domain.tld" has 
no impact on this at all.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>



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