From owner-freebsd-doc Mon May 17 5:53:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31E7214A14 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 05:53:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18392.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.72]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA18981; Mon, 17 May 1999 08:56:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id IAA07692; Mon, 17 May 1999 08:54:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:54:51 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Chuck Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd.org domain Message-ID: <19990517085451.A7615@mAd> References: <199905170246.WAA00481@capecod.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <199905170246.WAA00481@capecod.net>; from Chuck on Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:46:58PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:46:58PM -0400, Chuck wrote: > (Lurker here) > Officially, domain names are case-insensitive. > When a URL is given, the domain name's casing is irrelevant. > But if a domain name is used in a directory structure, or as > part of an identifier, it may be necessary to settle on a canonical > casing. [clip] It's ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/ not ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/freebsd/. You're right --- using the wrong one would be confusing for people. I agree with you. [ :-) ] -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message