On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 10:17:37AM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> >>>>> "S" == SillyGod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> S> Please, could someone advise me if there is still an issue with
> S> using case-sensitive e-mail addresses with mailman?
> S> ie. [EMAIL PROTECTED] vs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] would both get
> S> delivered? Or would the case-incorrect version bounce?
>
> Mailman is case-preserving case-insensitive w.r.t. email addresses.
>
> What this means is that you cannot subscribe both [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> and [EMAIL PROTECTED]; they are considered the same address for
> memebership purposes.
Ok... since I know that LHS's are supposed to be treated as if they
*might* be case-sensitive, I dug further.
The controlling paragraphs are 2.4 and 4.1.2 in RFC 2821, both of which
specify that a local-part may be case sensitive.
IE: oops. :-}
Cheers,
-- jra
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