[Info-vax] SMTP addresses converted to uppercase :(

[JF Mezei]

Pierre wrote:

> $ mail NL:/subj="test" "user at host.domain"
> the address is is changed to USER at host.domain.
> 
> but if I use
> $ mail NL: /subj="test" SMTP%"user at host.domain"
> the case is preserved

In the first case, the quotes prevent DCL from uppercasing your argument
(and processing the @). But when MAIL gets it, it uppercases the whole
username (including domain name).


In the second case, Mail only looks at the SMTP% and sends the rest to
the SMTP shareable image, it doesn't parse what is beyond the % sign.




If you use DECW$MAIL, it gets even weirder:

From:   SMTP%"system at vixenation.ca"
To:     jfmezei at vixenation.ca
CC:
Subj:   Test message #2 from decwmail

Return-Path: system at vixenation.ca
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:28:03 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <09120812280345_21200B19 at vixenation.ca>
From: system at vixenation.ca
To: JFMEZEI at vixenation.ca
Subject: Test message #2 from decwmail
X-VMS-To: jfmezei at vixenation.ca




This doesn't answer your question. One would have to look through the
MAIL.EXE executable for any hint of a logical name that would affect
case (upper or lower).