REPLY TO 06/23/87 13:08 FROM [log in to unmask]: Re: Mixed case addresses We have had problems similar to Eric in dealing with mixed case here but seem to have found a handling procedure which is working fine so far. Our mail manager, EMS, wants to compare all addresses in a list to eliminate duplicates so it converts everything to uppercase before doing comparisons. Afterwards it converts everything back to all lower case before passing it off to WYLBUR which acts as the mailing agent. If WYLBUR identifies an address as being on the internet it ships it off to our vax that handles that with no change to the case of the addressee. In other words, everything we ship into the internet these days is going completely in lower case. BITNET addresses are shipped off to JES which uppercases everything before shipping. This may seem like a lot of going back and forth but it does mean that we don't have to depend on any other system, UNIX or otherwise, having to do anything special to handle our mail. It is important to note that although UNIX is described as "case sensitive" we have never had any reported problems due to mail which was typed by the sender as addresses to Fred.Jones being converted to fred.jones. In other words, in practical fact internet mail handlers seem to need all lower case or don't care about case. We haven't found anyone out there yet that needs mixed case. To: [log in to unmask]