Columbia University - Redirect to www

By Jeff Keen — Last update Jul 5, 2007 — Installed 82 times. Daily Installs: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Script Summary:
Spares you from a meta-redirect scolding if you happen to miss the apparently essential 'www' in Columbia University's web address.

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Have you ever been annoyed by the following message?
"Are you trying to reach Columbia University? The correct URL for our Web site is http://www.columbia.edu/. Please update your bookmarks.

If you are not automatically redirected to the Columbia University homepage within 6 seconds, please click here."
This message has plagued and annoyed me for years, as I don't generally bother to type www. in front of domains I put into the address bar. I pleaded with Columbia to add a simple .htaccess rule, but they would not. They insist the highly-annoying meta-redirect is necessary. Frankly, I think this is retarded, and this script solves this problem.
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