[pmmail-list] Missing Message-ID

Marty Rimpau pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:48:43 -0800


Hi,=20I=20just=20got=20a=20message=20from=20the=20guest=20program=20of=20o=
ne=20of=20the=20lists=20I'm
on,=20and=20it=20said=20that=20messages=20to=20me=20have=20been=20bouncing=
,=20and=20I=20know=20I
retreve=20my=20mail=20every=20two=20minutes,=20so=20could=20the=20lack=20o=
f=20mess=20i=20d's
cause=20this,=20and=20can=20they=20be=20incorperated=20in=20to=20pm=20mail=
?=20=20On=20Fri,=2021=20Mar
2003=2011:53:48=20+0100=20(MEZ),=20L.Willms=20wrote:

>On=20Fri,=2021=20Mar=202003=2009:34:29=20+0000=20(GMT),=20Simon=20Bowring=
=20wrote:
>
>>=20IIRC,=20PMMail=20does=20not=20and=20never=20has=20generated=20message=
-ids.=20
>>=20(Look=20at=20some=20messages=20in=20your=20"Sent=20Mail"=20folder,=20=
and=20view=20
>>=20all=20headers=20-=20no=20message-ids).
>>=20
>>=20IMO=20it=20should=20generate=20them,=20not=20least=20because=20this=20=
would=20allow=20
>>=20messages=20to=20be=20threaded=20(like=20in=20a=20newsreader),=20but=20=
I=20don't=20
>>=20think=20it's=20a=20*requirement*=20of=20the=20client=20(but=20I=20cou=
ld=20be=20wrong).=20
>
>=20=20=20The=20latest=20and=20current=20version=20of=20RFC2822=20specifie=
s:=20
>
>----=20cut=20------------
>=20=20=20Though=20optional,=20every=20message=20SHOULD=20have=20a=20"Mess=
age-ID:"=20field.
>=20=20=20Furthermore,=20reply=20messages=20SHOULD=20have=20"In-Reply-To:"=
=20and
>=20=20=20"References:"=20fields=20as=20appropriate,=20as=20described=20be=
low.
>----------=20cut=20off=20---
>
>=20=20=20I=20would=20also=20like=20my=20eMail=20client=20to=20generate=20=
message-IDs,=20but=20one=20
>has=20to=20take=20into=20account=20that=20this=20will=20probably=20put=20=
the=20additional=20
>burden=20on=20the=20end=20user=20to=20configure=20this=20correctly=20so=20=
that=20the=20message=20
>ID=20is=20really=20unique=20within=20the=20domain=20which=20the=20end=20u=
ser=20is=20using.=20
>
>=20=20=20Alternatively,=20the=20eMail=20client=20could=20use=20the=20addr=
ess=20as=20the=20main=20
>qualifier=20for=20the=20message=20ID,=20e.g.=20in=20the=20form=20of=20
><some-unique-number-and-letter-sequence>.technik@willms-edv.de,=20just=20=
to=20
>use=20my=20case.=20
>
>Yours,=20
>L=FCko=20Willms
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Marty
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