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Sherry Beauchamp <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:41:16 -0800
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>On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:31:49 -0800 Sherry Beauchamp said:
>>I had a similar problem with a recent subscriber -- his solution was to
>>have his mail system set him up an alias with the domain in all upper-case
>>letters.
>
>I submit that this is not a solution; it's a kludge.  The solution would
>be to comply with RFC821 et al. and remove or turn off the case-sensitivity
>in the mailer.  If the mail admins can make an alias they should be able
>to fix the standards compliance problem.  RFC821 says quite bluntly that
>"Host names are not case sensitive." (RFC821 p. 3)

Absolutely -- this was after we had both tried to get them to comply ... :-(

Sherry

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