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Glenn Alperin <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:40:42 -0500
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>>|Hmm - Simply doing a new add with the corrected name works for me.
>>
>>Remember that when a list-owner does an ADD for an "existing" RFC822
>>address, that "case" matters in the userid portion; otherwise, you end up
>>adding a second userid instead of replacing the first with a new name.
>>
>/Pete

I had written the following in response:

>However, if the user is dealing with an OpenVMS system, then case doesn't
>matter one bit.  For example, you could send e-mail to me at
>[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] or even
>[log in to unmask] and I'm fairly well certain that all three would
>get to me just fine.  Keep in mind, though, that most systems out there
>are Unix systems of some variety where case sensitivity is an issue.
>
>Glenn

I just did a quick test to confirm my suspicians and they are indeed
accurate.  [log in to unmask] = [log in to unmask] = [log in to unmask] for
OpenVMS systems.  I recieved three copies of my test message just as I
suspected I would.

Glenn


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