On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:30:41 -0800, Bill Bradshaw wrote:

Is there a difference between MSnews.microsoft.com and news.microsoft.com?
I use news.microsoft.com.

One is an 'alias' for the other:

| 08/27/09 17:40:39 dns news.microsoft.com
| Canonical name: msnews.microsoft.com
| Aliases:
| news.microsoft.com
| Addresses:
| 207.46.248.16

But I prefer to use the 'canonical' name, rather than the alias:

| 08/27/09 17:40:33 dns msnews.microsoft.com
| Canonical name: msnews.microsoft.com
| Addresses:
| 207.46.248.16

As you can see, either points to the same physical host.

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