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Does LWP::Simple automatically add the www. to the domain name?

No.

LWP::Debug 

use LWP::Simple '$ua';
$ua->add_handler("request_send",  sub { shift->dump; return });
$ua->add_handler("response_done", sub { shift->dump; return });

my $appeals = get(...

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