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Date:        Thu, 27 Jul 1995 16:36:06 +0200
From: Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN.SUNET.SE>
Subject:     Re: Message-ID mandatory
To: Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>
cc: ietf-drums <drums@CS.UTK.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 27 Jul 1995 16:21:52 +0200 (MET DST) from Jacob
             Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>

On   Thu,  27   Jul   1995   16:21:52  +0200   (MET   DST)  Jacob   Palme
<jpalme@dsv.su.se> said:

>The  checksum would  have  the  same advantage,  that  any system  which
>generates a Message-ID in this way would get the same ID.

Well, currently  the syntax  requires an  addr-spec, ie  xxx@hostname. It
isn't say explicitly but the intent  is clearly that the gateway uses its
own hostname,  to guarantee  uniqueness. Anyway, unless  you use  a dummy
hostname this will not be the same.

  Eric