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

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

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:15:18 +0100 Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> wrote: 
>
> AAF> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> On Wed, Jan 30 2008, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
>>> 
>>>> (defun message-make-message-id()
>>>> (concat "<"(message-unique-id)"@xxx.fsf.hobby-site.com>"))
>>> 
>>> No, please don't override `message-make-message-id'.  Use
>>> `message-user-fqdn', see (info "(message)News Headers").
>
> AAF> OK.
> AAF> [I use even more "elaborate" message-id generator ]
>
> Did you see the comment in message.el:message-unique-id ?
>
> ;; If you ever change this function, make sure the new version
> ;; cannot generate IDs that the old version could.
> ;; You might for example insert a "." somewhere (not next to another dot
> ;; or string boundary), or modify the "fsf" string.

I do not suggest changing message-unique-id function :-)
I merely suggest using "any host" in fsf.hobby-site.com as domain part
of generated "message-id:". 

> If your generator is better (more random) than the built-in one and
> doesn't overlap, I'd love to see it.

I personally use external (perl) script that gets message-unique-id via
its command line parameters. I think it would be gross overkill for
*most* users of gnus.

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