Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: news.newsites Subject: Re: Grumpy != grumpy (actually, yes it is) Message-ID: <24487@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 13 Oct 88 13:56:07 GMT References: <378@Grumpy.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: na Lines: 8 In-reply-to: wgh@Grumpy.UUCP's message of 12 Oct 88 16:34:36 GMT The problem is that, generally speaking, hostnames are case-insensitive, that is, Grumpy == grumpy for all practical purposes. By analogy, our main news host is known as tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, but the NIC has it registered as TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU. Same place. --Karl