Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!mica.berkeley.edu!wisner From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Subject: Re: bug (?) in gnus-inews-message-id Message-ID: Date: 2 Jul 89 19:19:19 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: gnu Organization: Verrifast Plaine Co Ltd Lines: 18 In-reply-to: michel@es.ele.tue.nl's message of 30 Jun 89 09:11:26 GMT The way GNUS generates message-IDs is correct. Message-IDs must be absolutely unique. When GNUS uses your true local hostname, this can be easily arranged. It is more problematic when several machines all use the same hostname in message-IDs. It is also rather nice to be able to see from which machine someone is actually posting. (My address is wisner@mica.berkeley.edu, but I never actually log in to mica.) You said that "in order not to confuse users" the IDs generated by GNUS should use gnus-use-generic-from. The message-ID field is not intended for users to use; it is intended for software. In GNUS, a user never even sees message-IDs unless he specifically asks for them. So why does it bother you? Bill Wisner wisner@mica.berkeley.edu ucbvax!mica!wisner I'm not the NRA either.