On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Ronan Waide wrote:
> On July 9, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>
>> Of course, /I/ don't hold with frobbing mixed case names into a
>> different set of case, being as that breaks the choices of the
>> sender. I would only support frobbing when a name is ALLCAPS. :)
>
> I'd agree with that, actually. Except I also support a user sending
> their name in all caps. If that's how they want to do it, let
> 'em. They'll learn, sooner or later...
I have more sympathy than you do, I guess. It comes from having friends
who don't get a choice about their mail client[1] -- where said mail
client is incapable of following a standard to save it's life.
I don't mind if people want to use all-caps in their name. It's just
that I never met anyone who *chose* to do it that way. :)
Daniel
Footnotes:
[1] Yay, server software without open standards.
--
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated.
It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all
the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
-- W.R. Inge
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