In much the same way as I hate all caps usernames, I hate all lowercase user- ids. Especially since the "@" sign is a lowercase "a" on my terminal (kill IBM for being so stupid). ERICaFRECP11 is obviously ERIC at FRECP11, but what about martinacearn? It's not that bad since the "@" is accentuated, so if you look closely you can tell it from a "a" but it's a real pain when looking at a long list of userids (I wear glasses :-( ). Why can't UN*X systems accept all caps node names or userids? Did someone actually CHECK that it does not work, or is it just an impression? I'm not going to change anything unless I have proof that it DOES cause problems. Eric