Michael C. Toren on Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:06:38 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] plug web page url


> > You could setup name-based virtual hosts, redirect the old to the new,
> > and still get away with only using one IP address.  The only downside
> > is that anyone hitting the server with a client which doesn't send the
> > Host: header won't see the redirect, but so what?  They'll still see
> > the content.
> 
> My concern is links from other sites, of which there are quite a few.  
> Currently, nobody has any reason to update their links from the old URL to
> the newer, easier to remember URL.  The whole point of setting up the new
> domain was so that when people see it, they will be able to remember it
> better.  If it's not used, people still aren't going to remember where the
> plug web page is as much.

I don't think that breaking the old URL would be a good idea ...

-mct