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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 16:24:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Kevin Bannister writes: > Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > > Don't mess with the Message-ID header. > > i must have missed this message when you first posted it. > what's wrong with messing with the message-id header? slrn took > care of it for me on it's own, but now i let your server do the > work. :) it's your server, so i'll leave it alone if you say > to, just wondering if there was a reason behind it. 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. --Todd

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		Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
(...) 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'. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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		Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
(...) i must have missed this message when you first posted it. what's wrong with messing with the message-id header? slrn took care of it for me on it's own, but now i let your server do the work. :) it's your server, so i'll leave it alone if you (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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