On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:01:04 +0800 Mathias Koerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > The only major change that might occur is changing from a >> numeric > system of identifying messages to using message-ids. >> I.e. The > filenames would be the message-id of the message. >> This would > allow links to not go stale, or change, if an >> archive is > re-created. > I might also throw in that the M-ID is intended to be unique per > message, but that in some cases (non-compliant, broken mailers or > list-software) it might not turn out to be, so MHonArc should > provide a means of detecting if a M-ID is already used as an > identifier (filename) and then select a replacement one (add a > suffix?). Given that MHonArc currently generates locally unique Message-IDs for messages without them < i doubt this is a problem. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
