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| Thread ID: 47697 | 2004-08-02 23:38:00 | Email addresses - how fussy? | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 257775 | 2004-08-03 02:02:00 | Oh really? Are you able to name a few? Im not doubting it may be possible, just curious to see one for myself :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 257776 | 2004-08-03 02:13:00 | Some bizzare possibilities would be the recipients (company) LAN server, where anything is possible depending on the way the sys admin feels. They *could* bounce it if it did not alpha match. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 257777 | 2004-08-03 02:25:00 | > Some bizzare possibilities would be the recipients > (company) LAN server, where anything is possible > depending on the way the sys admin feels. > > They *could* bounce it if it did not alpha match. ^^ what he said again. The only time I've encountered this has been dealing with poorly configured exchange servers, I know of two straight off that are particularly problematic from where I sit however names will be withheld to protect the guilty. I think the most common reason for cAsE_sPeCiFieD addresses is the inability for the end user to distinguish between a username and an e-mail address. Ask a group of people what their usernames are and a good proportion will spit out something@isp.co.nz. Usernames can be case sensitive (again depending on the server configuration) so if the username has to be entered as A.User not a.user or A.USER they are just as likely to set their e-mail address as A.User - creatures of habit. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 257778 | 2004-08-03 03:37:00 | Point taken, thanks for clearing that up :-) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 257779 | 2004-08-03 05:02:00 | The case where Case can be a problem is when the address given out is not the actual username, but an alias, which is translated by the receiving mail server into a username for routing to the recipient. If the aliasing is not done "correctly" (case-independent) , you might hit problems. The address (after the "@)" will always be case-independent, just like the FQDN in a URL (all before the first "/"). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 257780 | 2004-08-03 06:47:00 | I guess this is a side issue to Susan's thread, but whiskytangofoxtrot has raised an interesting point for a newbie.... His reference to the inability of users to distinguish between a username and an email address made me realise that applied to me. I didn't set up my computer & didn't know whether I had an actual username - or indeed would ever need one? It was originally a networked office machine, now stand-alone. Although I started with a password, I soon removed it, as I'm the only user. So I checked My Computer/ Properties. I'm listed as User - so that solves that question. The line below has 4 capital letters/initials. The next has a combination of 17 numbers interspersed with OEM (I'm guessing that one is my Windows software..?) I don't want to give the initials in Line 2 in case they belong to the firm which sold it (their privacy etc) but maybe it's something which should've been cleared? Or maybe it's completely standard & I should let well alone? Advice, please, from the experienced. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 257781 | 2004-08-03 07:06:00 | Sounds like thats the company name, thats where it would reside. Often larger companies sell the PCs without an OS, as they are "volume licenced" and they do not want to go on paying for one that is no longer theirs. If you got the Windows CD with it, its all OK though. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 257782 | 2004-08-03 09:05:00 | Thanks again everyone, all the information has been a big help and should save me lots of time. :-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 257783 | 2004-08-03 10:41:00 | Thanks, godfather So I take it that I don't need a username of my own for anything on a sole computer? And it doesn't matter that it seems to show a previous owner? (No doubt that could be changed if necessary - but I'm a bit busy for fiddling/learning at present, except for things which affect the computer's actual performance) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 257784 | 2004-08-03 10:44:00 | No matter. Its better to be anonymous... |
godfather (25) | ||
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