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> So if my email is HeLLo@example.com because I want to be cute people will have to try 6 times before they finally get the right email address? Imagine telling
by jstanley 4y ago
> So if my email is HeLLo@example.com because I want to be cute people will have to try 6 times before they finally get the right email address? Imagine telling that to someone in person.
Yeah. That's fine.
If my email is LLLLLLLLLLLL@example.com because I want to be cute I have to tell people to type exactly the right number of L's. Do you think they should just be able to type a lot of L's and as long as it's somewhere near it counts as the same email address?
In a world where email addresses are always case sensitive, everyone will use lowercase (like they pretty much always already do anyway), and it'll be fine.
- Beltalowda 4y ago"LLL@" doesn't map to "LLLLLLLL@" in any logical way. "lll@" does; that's just a silly argument.
- TylerE 4y agoIt also maps to 111@ and III@, depending in font
- Aethylia 4y agoBy maps to, they mean it counts as the same email address. 111@ and lll@ do not do that. The font has no impact on the email spec. However it can add extra confusion.
- tsimionescu 4y agoI doubt anyone is crazy enough to implement the email spec for comparing emails, to be fair. I would honestly be surprised if any publicly available mail agent or server supports that craziness.
- jstanley 4y agoThe only reason "LLL" and "lll" mean the same thing are because currently email addresses are (sometimes) case insensitive. In a world where email addresses were "obviously" case sensitive, "LLL" mapping to "lll" would be just as crazy as "LLLLLLLLLL" mapping to "LLLLLLLLLLL". They just seem similar, to humans. But they're different strings.
- ctxc 4y ago"everyone will use lowercase (like they pretty much always already do anyway)" This in itself sounds is a falsehood!