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by danellis 4917 days ago
That would violate at least RFC 2821, which says that the local part must be treated as case sensitive.
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What provider doesn't violate that part of the spec? I see plenty of sites/services that uppercase my email address for whatever clever reason they feel is necessary; not violating that part of the spec and actually making the address case-sensitive would be a detriment to the users.