Re: [Exim] What to do about non-monitonic process ids

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: Jason Robertson
Cc: exim-users
Asunto: Re: [Exim] What to do about non-monitonic process ids
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Jason Robertson wrote:

> In future versions the unique message number might be more advisable
> to go with Hex, it may offer a larger range from 00-99


It is already in base 62, offering the range 00-zz (0-3883).

> I wouldn't want to see it roll over at 99, but i have seen message such
> as 18ewIL-0008FW-00 to -40's.


That's (to me) surprisingly large, because 40 in base 62 = 248 decimal.
Did you really receive that many messages in a second (assuming you
weren't setting localhost_number)? Wow.

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