Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!hao!gatech!psuvax1!blitz!ehrlich From: ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: uppercase system name in mail headers Message-ID: <3342@psuvax1.psu.edu> Date: 3 Mar 88 01:30:20 GMT References: <146@vader.UUCP> Sender: netnews@psuvax1.psu.edu Reply-To: ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) Distribution: na Organization: Department of Computer Science, Penn State University Lines: 18 Summary: Case shouldn't matter In article <146@vader.UUCP> bcs212@vader.UUCP (Vince Skahan) writes: >Can anyone help me with why my system name appears in uppercase >in mail headers and when I do a "who am i" even though it appears >in lower case everywhere on the system ? > It shouldn't really matter to most mail software (except uucp) what case system names or user names are in. As to why it is displayed in upper case I would suggest that you find the system manager for your site and ask them. It is usually a personal matter. >-- > Vince Skahan Boeing Computer Services - Phila. > (215) 591-4116 INTERNET: bcs212%psev@boeing.com > UUCP: {...rutgers!bpa!}vader!bcs212 Dan Ehrlich The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Computer Science 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142 or +1 814 865 9723