mcdaniel%hqeis.decnet@HQAFSC-VAX.AF.MIL ("HQEIS::MCDANIEL") (03/14/90)
Andrews AFB
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 14-Mar-1990 08:48am EST
From: Mr Rodney McDaniel
MCDANIEL
Dept: HQ AFSC/SCXP
Tel No: AV 858-7909 COMM 981-7909
Owner: Mr Rodney McDaniel
TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[TCP-IP@NIC.DDN.MIL] )
Subject: RE: is there a STANDARD
Can't speak for the INTERNET world, however in milnet DDN world
Mil-Std 1781 SMTP applies which under paragraph 4.1.3 gives you
the choice of either UPPER or lower case mailbox user names.
However host names are not case sensitive.
Reviewing alot of email on a daily basis (50 or more) most host
names are reflected in the lower case, when received. Really
don't see this as an issue whether you use UPPER or lower case
host names but rather an individual host administrator or systems
manager preference, and besides if I receive the email message it
doesn't matter what text case is used for the host name but
getting the information is the important part.
PERSONALLY, I PREFER UPPER CASE BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR PERFERENCES
and some things really don't need to be standardized and HOST
NAMES DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON HOW THE MAIL IS
DELIVERED, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM LINE. GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM
POINT A TO POINT B.
Also is this really a TCP-IP issue???
RODNEY A. MCDANIEL
AFSC DDN PROGRAM MANAGER
ANDREWS AFB MD
EMAIL ADDRESS: mcdaniel@hqafsc-vax.af.mil or
mcdaniel@HQAFSC-VAX.AF.MIL