Hi Charles M. Gerungan



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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, at 22:18:20 [GMT +0200] (which was 1:18 PM where I
live) you wrote:

> Hello Kevin,

> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 12:51:50 -0700 UTC, Kevin Amazon wrote:

KA>> As a matter of fact, we have our server set up to trash messages
KA>> without a message ID for spam and virus reasons.

> Danger, Will Robinson! Did you know that Outlook 2003 does not generate
> them?

> And mind you, although the word "should" is used in the rfc, I for one
> still believe that the mua should generate them. Roelof is right in the
> fact that it breaks References: and In-Reply-To: header fields which
> might be a significant problem should the message leave your network.
> But that almost never happens, right? :)


Outlook doesn't have to. This is the job of the mail server. Any
legitimate mail server will automatically assign a message ID.
Spammers, of course, like to spoof all the headers including message
ID.

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Best Regards,
Kevin

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