Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!mordor!dual!fair From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Re: Messages-id's at sri-arpa Message-ID: <843@dual.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 22:23:09 EDT Article-I.D.: dual.843 Posted: Wed Oct 17 22:23:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 01:53:14 EDT References: <765@enea.UUCP> <1604@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 17 Actually, the solution is quite simple: Since all of sri-unix's ``netnews'' articles originate as mail, sri-unix can use the message-id on the mail itself (a required field by RFC822) instead of generating one itself. Message-id's from the internet are also required to be unique network wide. If the letter doesn't have a message-id field, sri-unix can generate one in the usual way, and have the program mail a nasty note to the postmaster of the offending internet host. Andrew Knutsen, are you listening? Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucb-arpa.ARPA dual!fair@BERKELEY.ARPA {ihnp4,ucbvax,hplabs,decwrl,cbosgd,sun,nsc,apple,pyramid}!dual!fair Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California