Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id FAA22502; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 05:47:54 -0500 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.3); Tue, 23 Jan 1996 05:46:52 -0500 Received: from ester.dsv.su.se by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id FAA22448; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 05:46:50 -0500 Received: (from jpalme@localhost) by ester.dsv.su.se (8.7.1/8.7.1) id LAA13068; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 11:46:21 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 11:46:21 +0100 (MET) From: Jacob Palme To: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no cc: ietf-drums Subject: Re: Harmonizing format of Message-ID in news and e-mail In-Reply-To: <199601222300.AAA05920@dale.uninett.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no wrote: > Jacob, > the RFC 1327 (MIXER) message-ID format regularly needs quoting, because > of the embedded O/R name in it. > Dos the gain justify the pain? That means that X.400 messages cannot be forwarded to Usenet News except by modifying the Message-ID? The Mixer group should decide whether good X.400-Usenet News connections or quoting in Message-ID-s is most important. Drums chould at least say that one should avoid quoting in Message-ID (and also in e-mail addresses, in my opinion) except when absolutely necessary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jacob Palme (Stockholm University and KTH) for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme