Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rpi!rpi.edu!tale From: tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Subject: Re: Tiny bug in gnus.el Message-ID: <7337@rpi.edu> Date: 15 Sep 89 06:20:05 GMT References: Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Reply-To: tale@pawl.rpi.edu Distribution: gnu Lines: 23 In-reply-to: tjfs@tadtec.uucp's message of 14 Sep 89 17:30:43 GMT In tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele) writes: Tim> When the variable gnus-use-generic-from is turned on to prevent Tim> unwanted 'tadtec.tadtec.uucp' addresses being generated, although this Tim> fixes the From: heaeder it doesn't fix the Message-ID: header. This is not a bug, but rather a design decision (some people are still given to call such things bugs, but I don't). The idea sits behind the fact that many machines can be hiding behind a subnet and that the full hostname, not just a subnet name, is part of what makes the Message-ID unique. Something else appears to be defined incorrectly if you are getting tadtec.tadtec.uucp, unless you are really doing UUCP subnetting (!). Personally, I got tired of that long Message-ID which GNUS generates and it is commented out of our installed GNUS. It is unnecessary because all posting is done via NNTP and the POST command, such that News generates its own short Message-ID. It takes away an element of personalization, but overall is much nicer for References: and citation lines. Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@pawl.rpi.edu" "tale@itsgw.rpi.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))