On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> Quoth Randy Bush on Fri, Oct 29, 1999:
> [Description of disability to fix MUA`s method of generating
> Message-IDs snipped]
> [Vadik wrote:]
> > > 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.
>
> Great. Just great.
>
> First, show me the quote in the Bible (or at least Tao Te Ching)
> which says that MUAs are responsible to generate Message IDs.
>
> Second, I don't think that the said MUAs should be aware that
> they are not on The Net. It's not something MUA should know.
> Except MICROS~1 Outloop, I don't know any MUA that fiddles with
> PPP connection when you launch it.
>
>
> So, if the MUAs have no idea whether or not they have as proper
> net-unique hostname available, the only "entity" I can think of
> that does know it is the admin. For the said admin, it's easier
> to configure _one_ MTA on _one_ mail hub than to configure
> (patch, in most (all?) cases) dozen of different MUAs, some of
> which he has no source code for. Especially if the said MTA is
> Exim.
>
> And, BTW, write a function in C that will find out whether or not
> you have a permanent Net connection and proper hostname, eh?
Heck I can write a bash script that can do that..
>
> Vadik.
>
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> The art in this case was probably pottery.
> -- Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens"
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