> > So, to come back to what you're saying:
> > > However, did you know you can skip the www in www.phoenix.cjb.net
> >
> > So, www.xxx.cjb.net is an alias for xxx.cjb.net, which again is an alias
> for
> > another URL/computer.
>
> Well that could be, but it could also be that only www.xxx.cjb.net exists
> and that Internet Explorer automatically tries www.xxx.cjb.net if
> xxx.cjb.net is not found. So it could as well be a client-side as a
> server-side alias.
lynx phoenix.cjb.net works. No www needed! So why would internet explorer (or
whatever) put www in front of it?
> > So this is not true, and even not logical to do.
>
> No, I meant something different than I said. I meant that they auto-add www
> in front of it if the URL is not found.
Would that make sense then? Might be. Lynx doesn't do it, although it tries to
guess if the URL given doesn't exists. Netscape 3.01 (Unix) also doesn't. (It
doesn't guess at all)
> > So, no! No-one has to add 'www' to an URL if it doesn't start with it,
> since
> > then it would be a different URL!
>
> Yeah yeah okay. All depends on if it's aliased on server- or client-side.
>
> I mean, in Internet Explorer even simply typing yahoo will work! It will
> first try yahoo. Won't work. Then tries www.yahoo won't work. Then tries
> www.yahoo.com and yes it works! Halleluja!
> That's client-side aliasing.
Hmm, when I try "lynx yahoo", I get on the page of WIde Access (Host provider).
When I try "lynx infoseek" it goes to infoseek.go.com... Funny.
But OK, this is getting too off-topic!
Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405)
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