Search Again: Re: A newbie resolving question From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 Time: 8:26:00 pm Jeffrey S. McPheeters said: >What is the mechanism that provides the resolving of http://domain.DOM into >http://www.domain.DOM ? I notice that for most domains I check, the www is >not >required for a browser to resolve the web server host. For instance, I can >enter >lawrence.com in the browser address field and it will find www.lawrence.com. >This seems to work for most domains but not all. So far my reading through >RFC1912 and > >Sincere regards, >Jeffrey > > Number one you need both entries in the DNS, ie. domain.com as an ANAME for instance and www.domain.com as a CNAME. Then you need to redirect via HTTP header using Clearly home, or Welcome on a Mac running a Web* style server.. If this is UNIX, then you would just make two virtual host records pointing to the same virtual hosts directory, i.e, one as domain.com and one as www.domain.com. jer "On a day no different than the one now dawning, Leonardo drew the first strokes of the Mona Lisa, Shakespeare wrote the first words of Hamlet, and Beethoven began work on his Ninth Symphony." And Windows98 Crashed! COMPAQ Class Action Law Suit: http://members.aol.com/CClass450/index.htm

Messages In This Thread: A newbie resolving question by Jeffrey S. McPheeters on Apr 13, 1999 at 8:13:00 pm Re: A newbie resolving question by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Apr 13, 1999 at 8:26:00 pm