Case sensitve user/mailbox names

[Patrick Welche]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:35:46AM -0700, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Kerstin Espey wrote:
> >
> >As long as you don't use the option "caseful_local_part" in the exim 
> >router, exim will send all mails to the lowercase mailbox.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Kerstin
> >
> 
> Exim 4.x does not act this way, but Exim 3.x did. If you don't make specific 
> 
> provisions to supply Cyrus a lowercase local part using Exim 4.x, the 
> messages won't get delivered.

I couldn't believe that and just tried it:

    Subject:   testing case
       From:   "Patrick Welche" <prlw1 at xxxx.xxxx.cam.ac.uk>  
       Date:   Wed, February 5, 2003 4:38 pm
         To:   DbUrS3 at xxxx.xxxx.cam.ac.uk
   Priority:   Normal

   
                                 upErCaSe?


% exim -bV
Exim version 4.12 #4 built 30-Jan-2003 16:41:01
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2002

So I think Kerstin is right...

Cheers,

Patrick