Re: [Exim] Message-ID's

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Author: Randy Bush
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To: Vadim Vygonets
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Message-ID's
> The problem is that message IDs are created by the MUA. You
> cannot change what Netscape Mail, for example, generates. And
> the MUA doesn't know whether you are connected to the Net. So if
> you are not, there is high probability that your MUA will
> generate Message IDs which are not world-unique (e.g., have
> "foo.local" after @ -- you don't know how many people will decide
> to call their machine "foo.local").
>
> So the job of making the Message IDs correct falls, I guess, on
> MTA's shoulders.


because cars are occasionally broken the roads are responsible for getting
me to my destination.

randy