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   Message 228 of 342   
   Paul Quinn to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Packet password case insensitive or not?   
   21 Apr 20 22:26:53   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx32 2.1.0.18-B20170905   
   TZUTC: 1000   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
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   Hi! Wilfred,   
      
   On 21 Apr 20 13:58, you wrote to All:   
      
    WV> "bytes": So it could be anything, including "high ascii".   
      
    WV> When I look at the packets I receive, there are some with lower or   
    WV> even mixed case passwords. (So it's a good thing FMail does a case   
    WV> insensitive compare, otherwise it wouldn't match against the   
    WV> configured uppercase password)   
      
   This has been unsteady 'ground' for me.  What is FMail doing when it's coding   
   the forced uppercase, after having potential mixedcase entered in the setup?   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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