Zack thank you very much !  and yes, the email was sent from an iPad.  Have 
a nice day :-)


On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:56:14 AM UTC+2, Zack Tennant wrote:
>
> Only the one username exists (which is what was meant by ignoring case and 
> periods).  In fact, all e-mail servers ignore case.  While on some systems 
> the case might matter in a user-name; it never does in an e-mail address.
>
> What you observed is likely the difference between how your friend logs 
> into gmail, and how their from address is configured (like on iPad mail it 
> would always capitalize the first letter).
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Julie Meitz <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I read that Gmail ignores capitalization and dots in usernames.
>> However...
>>
>> Recently I replied to an email and when I looked back at the email I 
>> sent, by HOVERING my mouse over the address info withOUT clicking on the 
>> drop-drown menu list of recipients & sender, it showed the username in 
>> lowercase.  Then when I clicked on the drop-down menu list 
>> of recipients and sender, the same email address had the 1st initial 
>> capitalized.
>>
>> For example, hover = *j*[email protected] <javascript:> and click on 
>> drop-down menu list = *J*[email protected] <javascript:>
>> (I even noticed that in contacts, the 1st initial is capitalized too)
>>
>> For me this is particularly confusing that both "hovering over" and "drop 
>> down menu list" *do not have the same appearance* because then I wonder 
>> if my emails are being sent to the correct username address.
>>
>> The browser I'm using is Google Chrome.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Julie
>>
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