Add "www." to domain

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  bradmoyers · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 11:59 pm

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  I paid the $13 fee to add a domain but I want it to go to “www.mydomain.com” not “mydomain.com” I can’t find a setting to change the default to add “www.” Even if I type the “www.” before my domain, when it resolves it gets removed.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 28, 2013 at 12:03 am

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  We actually strip out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.sumofthyword.com/ will always redirect to http://sumofthyword.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.