[news.software.nntp] minor inconsistency -- case sensitivity for newsgroup naming

ulmo@ssyx.ucsc.edu (scritzifchisted ulmo qzutvchsxik) (03/21/89)

Why is it that people programming in Unix are so blind?

from RFC977 (NNTP):
2.3.  Commands
[...]
   Commands and command parameters are not case sensitive. That is, a
   command or parameter word may be upper case, lower case, or any
   mixture of upper and lower case.

I contacted my local NNTP server running standard software,
and said
GROUP COMP.SYS.ATT
at it, and it gave me the 411 reply meaning no such thing.

Then I went through RFC1036 looking for any description of case sensitivity,
and all I found was the well known fact that the Internet DNS doesn't
care about case.

Arghh.  At least I'll implement it right for my subpiece.