On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jon Morby wrote:
> > if 4 digits were used for the pid (allowing up to 14776335 for the pid)
> > that would still leave two digits for the machine id - 3843 possible
> > values. Modifying Exim to generate message ids in this way would not be
> > a big task.
>
> Could be the answer .... It would certainly be useful to have multiple
> machines writing to one area (from my viewpoint anyway)
I've made a note on my Exim Wish List, as I don't think this is a
difficult modification (with a spec of "some_option = number", though
you could look up the number based on the primary hostname, of course).
> No, I concur completely .... But then I haven't said that I'm not prepared to
> pay something for the solution I end up using. :)
You aren't suggesting ... ? No, I'm dreaming ... :-))
Philip
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