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To: John Robert LoVerso <john@loverso.southborough.ma.us>
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From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 20 Sep 1997 23:25:40 EDT."
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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:54:12 -0400
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John Robert LoVerso wrote in message ID
<199709210325.XAA14160@loverso.southborough.ma.us>:
> The set of valid characters in usernames have nothing to do with what an
> Internet RFC covers.

It does have relevance if you want them to get mail, or other such
useful functions.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
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