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On 4 February 2000, Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org> wrote:
> Don't use mixed-case mailbox names.
>
> The Postfix local delivery agent translates recipients to lowercase.
> This is because people do not remember case when they type in an email
> address, and because a lot of mail software does not preserve case
> either.
[...]

    FWIW, sendmail does the same.

    Regards,

    Liviu Daia

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