At 8:52 AM -0700 10/11/01, Warren Michelsen imposed structure on a stream of electrons, yielding: >Is the issue of case sensitivity in email account names addressed? > >I'm guessing that the applicable RFC, whatever it is, says that >[a..z] [A..Z] [0..9] etc. may be used in email addresses. Does it >say whether a=A=a? Do any RFC experts out there know if case >sensitivity of email account names is addressed? I have, in the >past, had email accounts where the account name was case-sensitive. >These were primarily Unix systems. > >If a given mail server, whether due to the OS or a configuration >choice made by the server administrator, chooses to be case >sensitive, is it in violation of any RFCs?
Hostnames are case-insensitive. Usernames are *optionally* case-sensitive except for 'postmaster' which must be case-insensitive. I almost certain, given how SIMS is implemented, that it treats usernames as case-insensitive, because it depends on HFS rules which enforce case-insensitivity. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
