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Subject:	Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date:	Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:22:18 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > As long as your newsreader (or posting agent/client) either leaves it blank > or sets it to a unique value, it's OK. But it's not something to mess with > in the same way that other headers like the 'From:' line can be messed with. > IOW, the 'Message-ID' header should never be set to a pre-defined value like > many of the other headers. makes sense, message-ids are supposed to be unique, i just wanted to change what part of the random id was. :) also, i'm curious as to the path stamp every message gets .. it seems most people have just '!lugnet', but others have '!lugnet!id'. is that a difference between posting through the web and through the nntp server? -- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot. -Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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		Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
(...) As long as your newsreader (or posting agent/client) either leaves it blank or sets it to a unique value, it's OK. But it's not something to mess with in the same way that other headers like the 'From:' line can be messed with. IOW, the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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