Harald Hanche-Olsen writes:
 > It is more correct to say that qmail preserves case in the local part
 > of remote addresses, but converts to lower case for local addresses.

This is what I mean by "qmail preserves case in the local part, but
ignores case when matching against usernames or filenames."  It's more
accurate to say "qmail preserves case in the local part, but LOWERS
case when matching against usernames or filenames."

bash$ cat .qmail-lowercase
|echo $LOCAL
bash$ mail nelson-LowerCase
Subject: testing
test
EOT
bash$ grep LowerCase /var/log/maillog
Jan 12 11:08:51 desk qmail: 916157331.672737 starting delivery 4700: msg 159784 to 
local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 12 11:08:51 desk qmail: 916157331.725758 delivery 4700: success: 
nelson-LowerCase/did_0+0+1/
bash$ 

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