: Send 404 Status Code on www.example.com Does anyone know if it's at all possible (preferably with .htaccess), to send a 404 error code and page when visiting http://www.example.com but have http://example.com

@Tiffany637

It makes no sense to run a HTTP server on a (v)-host if every request will result in a 404. Why not just fix your DNS setup so that the www subdomain isn't matched by any records? That way, the www variant won't even resolve.

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@Murray155

Something like this should do the trick:


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com [nocase]
RedirectMatch 404 ^(.*)

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