At 1:03 PM -0400 10/11/01, Bill Cole wrote: >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.
And this is in a RFC somewhere? Reference, please... >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. Correct. I just want to know what the official rules are, per RFC. What RFC is applicable to email addressing? -- Internet Tools for Business -- <http://www.CyberSpaces.net/> E-commerce web hosting ############################################################# 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]>
