On 02/03/2016 06:43 AM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > In general, e-mail servers are case insensitive. > > -teD > Original Message > From: Ed Finnell > Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 02:47 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Lower ibm-main > > Hopefully it doesn't matter and either case will be routed to the server. > All domain names (the part after "@" in an Email address) are case-insensitive, for email or otherwise, because DNS lookup is case-insensitive.
Although the standard does allow for case-sensitivity on Email user names (the part to the left of "@"), that "feature" is typically not used, probably because it would just cause identity confusion. So, one can normally use or not use caps as desired for emphasis or appearance in all parts of Email addresses. All Internet URL's in general are case-insensitive down through the domain name part, but if an optional path to a specific file or resource on the server is included at the end of the URL, that part typically IS case-sensitive on UNIX-based servers. -- Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
