> From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:07:51 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Gum, Greg writes:
> > Is Qmail RFC compliant with case sensitivity using mailbox user names?
> The
> > reason I ask is Qmail seems to take all user names to lower case.
>
> qmail preserves the case of usernames which transit the systems,
> however, when it delivers mail on the local machine, it smashes the
> case to all-lower when matching a username or extension.
And in addition, what Russ didn't say, but which I'm sure he intended is that
the RFC leaves it up to the local system to decide what to do with locally
delivered mail, so qmail is not in violation.
Chris
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