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   Wilfred van Velzen to All   
   Packet password case insensitive or not?   
   21 Apr 20 13:58:58   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e9ee003   
   Hi All,   
      
   I was wondering about packet passwords, are they case insensitive or not?   
      
   FMail has always forced them to uppercase on entry in the configuration, and   
   does a case insensitive compare on the password contained in arrived packet   
   files.   
      
   fts-0001.016 just says this about the password:   
      
     password   (some impls)   
          eight bytes   
          null padded   
      
   "bytes": So it could be anything, including "high ascii".   
      
   When I look at the packets I receive, there are some with lower or even mixed   
   case passwords.   
   (So it's a good thing FMail does a case insensitive compare, otherwise it   
   wouldn't match against the configured uppercase password)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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