On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Liviu Daia wrote:
On 6 November 1998, Christopher Lindsey
<lindsey(_at_)ncsa(_dot_)uiuc(_dot_)edu> wrote:
If this is true, then it's a bug in sendmail. The username part in
e-mail addresses _is_ case sensitive (as opposed to the machine name
part, which isn't) --- usernames on Unix are case sensitive.
Hi,
It's not a bug, it's a feature. ;-)
Seriously though, the non case sensitivity of email is probably
(i'd like to know the history) a design decision, not unintentional.
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