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On Wednesday 01 September 2004 13:15, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Frederik Dannemare writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have had to add several of my subscribers to a list more than
> > once, because they sometimes use a mix of upper and lower case
> > characters.
> >
> > E.g., if I manually subscribe a person as [EMAIL PROTECTED], but he
> > writes to the list as [EMAIL PROTECTED], he will get a bounce with
> > "You are not subscribed to this mailing list".
> >
> > I have searched the list archives for an answer as to how one can
> > overcome this problem, but without much luck.
> >
> > Any feedback on this issue will be much appreciated.
>
> RFC 2822 refers to RFC 2821 for details on mailbox format.  RFC 2821
> specifies that mailbox addresses are case sensitive.  An individual
> installation may use case insensitive mailboxes, but an external mail
> server cannot make that assumption.

Bugger. Well, on the other hand, I really appreciate that courier is 
more rfc compliant than most mailing software out there (at least this 
is the impression I have of courier). Thanks for the answer.

Best regards,
- -- 
Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare
http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk
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