Re: Do not let spam-trap go hungry! Your (normal) posts may help! :-)

[Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Thu, Jan 31 2008, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> How do you make sure that two different users don't pick the same
>>> prefix ("gnus", ...)?
>>
>> Even if they do then gnus *is* prepared to handle multiple users in the
>> same host domain.
>
> For different machines with the same "right hand side" of the MID, the
> algorithm in `message-unique-id' cannot guarantee uniqueness.  It is
> unlikely that the left hand side is the same, but not impossible.
>
> RFC 2822, says: "The message identifier (msg-id) itself MUST be a
> globally unique identifier for a message.".  When using the unique,
> full qualified hostname, Gnus' algorithm guarantees this uniqueness.

Take a look at the issue from another side:
What can stop a spammer/abuser from using gnus message-id algorithm and
*your* domain name in *mass* spam runs?

What I suggested allows *personal* selection of "any host" in
fsf.hobby-site.com domain.

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