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 Message 227 
 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
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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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