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On 27 Feb 2001, Jason R. Mastaler wrote:

> Right.  So it still seems that the first part of the Message-ID
> (before @) should be enough to guarantee uniqueness if done
> correctly.  Perhaps if it was a combination of random time, and an
> aggregate of username and numeric userid, then it would not matter
> if `user-mail-address' was used for the second part of the ID.
> Right?

The standard says that the rhs should uniquely identify the host, and
the lhs should uniquely identify the messages from that host.  I
suggest to stick with the standard.  This means to NOT use a rhs like
"hotmail.com". 

kai
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