Domain URL limitations – 'www.' prefix not supported

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  learnandfunassociation · Member · Feb 2, 2017 at 9:25 pm

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  I’m trying to figure out whether I can assign an adress starting with ‘www.’ to my site.
  I would like to know why this doesn’t seem possible.
  Thanks beforehand!

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  timethief · Member · Feb 2, 2017 at 9:28 pm

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  All www URLs on mapped domains seamlessly redirect to the same content under the URL without the redundant “www” which has not been required for over a decade. The software will continue to strip out the redundant and unnecessary www if you are entering it.

  Be aware that www is an old protocol from way back when the web was new and 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.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 2, 2017 at 9:29 pm

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  I would like to know why this doesn’t seem possible.

  It is a redundant waste of characters that has not been in use for years now.

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  learnandfunassociation · Member · Feb 2, 2017 at 9:31 pm

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  Well, thanks for answering!

  It’s really surprising the choice doesn’t exist though.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 2, 2017 at 9:33 pm

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  You’re welcome and to be honest I’m not surprised in the least. You don’t need to type “www” to reach any site that has the old fashioned “www” in the URL. It will automatically redirect to the same content under the URL minus the “www”.