Wolfgang Fritz says: > [I posted this on netscape.mozilla.users.general without getting a > reply, maybe a developer knows the secret?] > > Hello, > > this is a common problem, and maybe there is a solution, but I was not > able to find it (BTW, is this list archived somewhere?) > > I am using Mozilla 1.1b on Linux. > > Supposed the email address configured for a news/mail account is > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Mozilla generates Message-IDs in mail and news looking like this > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > which may not be a unique message ID if other mail addresses ending in > "blafasel.com" exist. At least usenet postings shall have a unique > message ID.
It is nearly impossible that a collision would occur. Not only would both messages have to have their message-IDs created at exactly Fri, 16 Aug 2002 19:45:06 GMT, but then they would also have to have an identical random number before the @ sign. About 10,000,000 (ten million) people with an email address ending with blafasel.com would have to compose a message with Mozilla at the same exact instant in time for this to be a problem. -- Jerry Baker
