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Re: case sensitivity

1998-11-06 21:48:01

In message <19981107043025(_dot_)17500378(_at_)euler(_dot_)imar(_dot_)ro>, 
Liviu Daia wrote:
} On 6 November 1998, Christopher Lindsey 
<lindsey(_at_)ncsa(_dot_)uiuc(_dot_)edu> wrote:
} [...]
} > > How do I allow mail being forwarded or aliased to ignore case
} > > sensitivity?
} >
} > You mean ignore case sensitivity in the username?  If you're using
} > sendmail, aliases are already case insensitive.  Usernames are
} > controlled via the F=u flag (if set, convert everything to lowercase
} > (thus making it case insensitive)).
} [...]
} 
}     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.

It's up to the receiving MTA whether mail addresses (which need not 
correspond to usernames) are case sensitive or not.  In any case, if
it's selectable behavior, which it is with sendmail, there's no bug.
You might argue that it has the wrong default value, but it's settable
to whatever you want.


-- 
   Jon Hamilton  
   hamilton(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com

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