Search Again: Re: Case question From: Warren Michelsen Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 Time: 9:11:17 am At 1:42 PM -0500 10/8/01, Len Conrad wrote: >>Email addresses (the account name or recipient half -- everything to the left of "@" ) MAY be case sensitive > >which RFC defines case sensitivity in email addresses? I'd be interested to know if this is addressed. I'm guessing that the applicable RFC, whatever it is, says that [a..z] [A..Z] [0..9] etc. may be used in email addresses. And they may indeed. Any RFC experts out there know if case sensitivity of email account names is addressed? > >>depending on the mail server. On some Unix systems, case sensitivity is a configuration option and some choose to run with case-sensitivity. > >Well, "depending on the mail server" isn't a dependable frame of reference. > >A (public internet) mail server must depend on / implement the RFC's, period, or it's broken software. If the RFCs don't address case sensitivity, then a mail server being case-sensitive is not being "broken" any more than an OS which is case-sensitive is broken. It's not the server's fault if you send email to a non-existent account. So, is case-sensitivity addressed in any RFC? -- Internet Tools for Business -- <http://www.CyberSpaces.net/> E-commerce web hosting

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