The logs should display original, case-sensitive queries

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Hi, this is a minor change, but important for me.
Im using the latest PiHole 6.0.6/6.1 on Debian.

When I send a query for WwW.GoogLE.CoM to pi-hole, I will get the proper response, identical as for www.google.com. This is expected. I understand that DNS system is case-INsensitive.
But the original "casing" will be preserved in the whole chain - it will be forwarded to upstream servers, responded, and the final response to the client will also contain the original "casing".

Can the logs preserve it too?

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No. This decision was made by Simon Kelley, the maintainer of dnsmasq with the following reasoning:

[don't] make logs look like ransom notes made out of letters cut from a newspaper

as he thought this would be even more confusing. When looking "on the wire" (e.g., using Wireshark), you'll see the mixed case.

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