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From: "David F Reynolds" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DYS 464a-d and DYF399S1
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:06:52 -0700
References: <3990351.1128273003818.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <3990351.1128273003818.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net>


On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:10:03 -0700, Alice Fairhurst <> wrote:

> Lewis, simply do a cut and paste with Anne's email address. Copy this with your cursor and then paste the copy into the address line of your message. Are you using all caps before the @ sign? The internet perceives capitalized letters as being different from non-capitalized letters and treats them as a different address. --Alice Fairhurst

It is amazing how the belief in this canard persists. Capitalization does *not* matter in e-mail addresses. RFC-822, the standard which defines internet e-mail text message format, specifically states that case does not matter.

Regards,
david

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