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Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
> > Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> > > Hardly anybody relies on the uniqueness of message IDs.  Messages
> > > without IDs are even transported by most MTAs.
> > 
> > All threading, if nothing else, depends on the uniqueness of
> > Message-IDs.  Transports don't do threading, but so what?
> 
> Face it, there are lots of mail clients which do not support
> threading, especially groupware solutions.

So?  The existence of those that don't use Message-ID says nothing
about those that do.


paul