Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:47:55 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Change to "why does my mail to FreeBSD.org bounce" FAQ Message-ID: <20020408074755.GA4830@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <wfn0wf1hd3.0wf@localhost.localdomain> References: <20020405155943.GA25988@submonkey.net> <20020407115530.GA79270@submonkey.net> <wfn0wf1hd3.0wf@localhost.localdomain>
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On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 11:41:28AM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> writes: > > > + <para>Some mail user agents generate bad message IDs which will > > + not be accepted. You will need to persuade your mail user > > + agent to generate a valid message ID or else configure your > > + mail transfer agent to rewrite them.</para> > > The answer should also have: > > <para>In the FreeBSD.org mailing list system, the definition of "valid" > for the message ID and other mail headers is an arbitrary definition > which is different than those found in IETF RFCs and which is subject to > change without notice before or after the change.</para> Well that's a matter of interpretation. I'd say that using @localhost in your message ID is simply making yourself far more likely to violate this piece of RFC2822 : The message identifier (msg-id) itself MUST be a globally unique identifier for a message. The generator of the message identifier MUST guarantee that the msg-id is unique. But then, as I said, that's just my interpretation. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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