Larry Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 4/27/08 11:22 PM: > By convention, www.something is used for a website but there's > nothing special about www and if you wanted to call your mail domain > www.somesite.com, it's just as valid as > any.other.name.you.want.somesite.com
Well, no, it's not really. The www. behind the domain name lets us know that it is a site on the WorldWide Web, and not a different type of site, such as FTP. And you can't name your domain with a series of dots in it, such as "any.other.name.you.want.somesite.com". In such as naming convention, you are indicating a site that is equivalent to somesite.com/any/other/name/you/want. Using that series of dots is one of the ways that phishing schemes work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
