Darren Pilgrim: > Wietse Venema wrote: > > Wietse Venema: > >> Darren Pilgrim: > >>> Wietse Venema wrote: > >>>> The "domain in a host" approach appears to be more common with web > >>>> services: 3346 of 3755 domains used the same IP addresses for the > >>>> domain itself as for web services (http://www.domain). I had > >>>> expected a larger number here. > >>>> Number of domains = 3755 > >>>> with A records = 3147 (following CNAME) > >>>> with www.domain A records = 3346 (following CNAME) > >>>> with A records == www.domain A records = 2589 > >>> Umm... those two sections don't seem to match. How do you conclude 3346 > >>> have domain A == www.domain A, then state there are only 3147 with > >>> domain A and 2589 with domain A == www.domain A? > > > > I think I have found where the confusion is. > > > > 3346 domains have www.domain A records. > > > > NOT: 3346 have domain A == www.domain A as you wrote above. > > But that's what you said: > > "The "domain in a host" approach appears to be more common with web > services: 3346 of 3755 domains used the same IP addresses for the domain > itself as for web services (http://www.domain)."
So, that should be 2589 of 3755. It does not change the conclusion that "domain in a host" is dominant with web but not with email, in the sample of domains from postfix/securityfocus/freebsd/php mailing lists over the past 1.5 years. Wietse