subdomain/name clash - avoiding shooting feet

[Michael Rasmussen]

I was asked today to create an CNAME for www.masterplan.columbiafunds.com
since some people just cannot type in a web address without prepending www.


My knee jerk response was, "Can't do that.  We have an entry for
masterplan.columbiafunds.com to create a www... would not work because we
don't have a subdomain named masterplan...

Is that right?  Or can I create the CNAME listed above given that
masterplan.columbiafunds.com already exists?  i.e. is a construction of
host.hostname.domain.tld legal/allowable where hostname.domain.tld exists?

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  Michael Rasmussen - Network Engineer, Columbia Management
  voice:  971-925-6723  cell:  503-807-1447  rasmussenm at columbiafunds.com
  <mailto:rasmussenm at columbiafunds.com> http://www.columbiafunds.com

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