>Was it 822 that said this? Or is there a different RFC I should also look
>at?
I went back to check the new RFC 2821. My previous interpretation was not
exact. It is not that case should be preserved, it must; even though taking
case into account is discouraged.
RFC 2821 / 2.4:
...
"The local-part of a mailbox MUST BE treated as case sensitive."
...
"However, exploiting the case sensitivity of mailbox local-parts impedes
interoperability and is discouraged."
Sorry for spreading not really correct information.
>Section 3.4.7 seems to imply to me that FROM and from are the same thing,
>but the argument here is that this just is about parts of the headers and
>not the email address.
>
>
>Thanks!
>Matt
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Milivoj Ivkovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 5:06 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Case in email address
>
>
>If I read the RFCs correctly, case does not matter in the mailbox (left
>side) part, but should be preserved.
>
>I don't know of any mail server that fails to deliver mail if case changes.
>
>I never paid attention to see if case is preserved.
