David, Just so you know, I am doing this all for you (your email server rejects all my replies, that's why I never get to answer anything :)
-- Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Manager, Genesi, Developer Relations > -----Original Message----- > From: David Woodhouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [exim] Adding missing Message-Id header for > Outlook 2003(AUTHENTICATED) users > > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 08:48 -0500, Matt Sealey wrote: > > Is there any way I can reliably add a Message-Id header to outgoing > > mails (my Outlook -> my Exim [HERE]-> internet relays) for Outlook > > 2003 "compatibility"? > > > > I can generate any crap to insert into the header but I think > > Message-Id needs to be unique in a way that I cannot work > out how to generate it. > > I've just been fighting with broken References and > In-Reply-To mails > > in a message forum so I would like to do it properly and not cause > > myself more problems in the future by generating non-unique Ids. > > > > I guess what I need is.. some extra-long > including-microseconds time > > stamp that I can attain from in the Exim config file, > base64 encode it > > or something for simple obfuscation, which I can then > prepend to the > > hostname of the sending machine? > > Exim will use its own internal message-id (prepended to the > hostname) if you use 'control=submission'. See the 'control' modifier > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_39.html#IX2464 > and also the 'message_id_header_text' and 'message_id_header_domain' > options. > > My config predates that option so still does it the old way: > > warn hosts = +relay_hosts > condition = ${if !def:h_Message-ID: {1}} > message = Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > warn hosts = +relay_hosts > condition = ${if !def:h_Date: {1}} > message = Date: $tod_full > > > > -- > dwmw2 > > -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
