On Thu, 5 Aug 1993 15:57:30 +0200 Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> said:
Subject:      Re: Owner 'delete' ignores case.
 
> ADD respects case because, if it  didn't, many unix users would be unable
> to get mail from LISTSERV lists.  DEL ignores case because, if it didn't,
> you'd have to hold down the SHIFT key while typing the userid of non-unix
> users you want to delete.
 
Lame.  Very, very lame.  The commands were deliberately engineered to
be inconsistent to keep us ham-fisted yokels away from the caps-lock?
Talk about Biff-o-phobia!  OK... I can live with it.  The underlying
reason I appear to care is that I have a subscribe-by-owner list with
two geographically distant owners, one who forwards the requests back
to listserv, the other who just mails them.  Anyway, I'll just fix the
carnage manually, and ask them to respect the case.  -Kary