Subj : Re: Packet password case insensitive or
To   : Nick Andre
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Apr 22 2020 09:46:12

Hi Nick,

On 2020-04-21 15:50:37, you wrote to me:

 WV>>  NA> Packet passwords are treated case sensitive by some tossers.
 WV>>
 WV>> Do you know which ones?

 NA> Offhand... and I could be wrong... AdeptXBBS Gatekeeper, TBBS/Flame, Gecho
 NA> 1.20/Pro... Possibly Viamail. I'm sure there are others.

That's an obscure list. ;)

Never heard of the first two, are they still used?

 NA> I had a downlink years ago who specifically needed a mixed-case
 NA> password.

Was that a technical necessity? I can hardly imagine that.

 NA> If two Sysops cannot troubleshoot packet-password problems then thats
 NA> not a tosser problem.

Any combination of case (in)sensitive tossers should be able to communicate, I 
think. Unless a tosser sends out packet passwords in one case, and expects to 
receive it in the other case. But I would call that a bug. ;)

 NA> Just remove whatever uppercase-parse code in Fmail, be done.

I'm leaning in that direction...

Bye, Wilfred.

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