Email addresses in all caps

[jack]

Poll #14460 Email addresses in all caps

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If you need to fill in a form in all caps and it asks for your email address, what do you do

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Put it in all caps, my email address isn't case sensitive
15 (44.1%)

Put ti in all caps, I assume my email address isn't case sensitive though I haven't checked
5 (14.7%)

Use the correct case, on principle
18 (52.9%)

Use the correct case, my email address is case sensitive
1 (2.9%)

My email address is in upper case anyway
0 (0.0%)

My email address contains no letters
0 (0.0%)

We should treat email addresses as case insensitive because intermediate servers may not respect case
7 (20.6%)

We should treat email addresses as case insensitive because having two email addresses differing in case is obviously a mistake waiting to happen, so no one SHOULD rely on that even if it's technically allowed
16 (47.1%)

Other
2 (5.9%)

 

Comments

[gareth_rees]

I renewed my passport recently, and although the form asks you to use ALL CAPS, there is a little note explaining that you can use mixed or lower case when filling in your e-mail address.

[jack]

Oh, well done gov (though could be better done).

I had a feeling I'd seen that written somewhere, but I couldn't remember where.