On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 11:44 +1200, Andrew Errington wrote: > Actually, I'm curious. Can someone please explain why some sites won't > work *unless* you provide the redundant and stupid 'www.' portion?
Bad setup, basically: they only put a machine that responds to Web traffic on www, while the mail is handled by the main domain. > http://jaycar.co.nz Does not work > http://www.jaycar.co.nz Does work [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host jaycar.co.nz jaycar.co.nz mail is handled by 100 mail.island.net.au. jaycar.co.nz mail is handled by 15 mercury.jaycar.com.au. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host www.jaycar.co.nz www.jaycar.co.nz has address 202.74.164.242 The University of Canterbury do the same thing. -- Michael JasonSmith http://ldots.org/
