Author: Ian A B Eiloart Date: CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Message ID Test, Please Ignore.
--On miércoles, 11 febrero 2004 13:52 +0000 David Woodhouse
<dwmw2@???> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:41 +0000, Tony Finch wrote:
>> It's easy to make unpredictable message IDs with a bit of crypto.
>
> You _know_ I'm joking... but strictly speaking, the onus is not upon me
> to _demonstrate_ the one-in-ten-billion chance of a hash collision; the
> onus is upon you to _guarantee_ that it cannot happen. Which you cannot
> do :)
>
Hmm, now one-in-ten-billion isn't very much if everyone in the world is
using email. Especially if they're all getting as much spam as I do.
Still, its probably lower than the chance of being imprisoned due to a
chance DNA match.
