for anyone wondering why this is an issue, here's an interesting read
on the subject:
http://no-www.org/
for shared hosting, i always use the following in an .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
justin
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