Subj : MSGID
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Oli
Date : Sat Feb 05 2022 11:59 am

Carlos wrote (2022-02-05):

CN> 04 Feb 2022 18:33, you wrote to Oli:

RS>> But that's kind of irrelevant as the field does not *have* to be a
RS>> valid return address for the originating networking; it can be
RS>> whatever that developer decides will make the message-ID the most
RS>> useful. In my opinion, uniqueness is the most important and useful
RS>> attribute of a message-ID, so anything that improves its uniqueness
RS>> is a virtue.

CN> +1

CN> If SBBS-style MSGIDs are harmless as it seems and other developers decide
CN> to use them too, it could become a standard.

Why should it?

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