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Why does my site url needs a dot at end when using www at start?

Posted on August 20, 2015

when Im trying to reach my site with www.domain.com it didnt work however the following work :

domain.com www.domain.com.

is there a way to fix this?

im running ubuntu with lamp and heres how my DNS configuration looks like:

A : @ ip CNAME : www domain.com. ns : default 3 ns configurations



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I can access your website just fine with www. (and without the trailing dot). Try clearing your browser’s cache and if possible your operating system’s DNS cache. Are you still not able to access your domain using www.?

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