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From: earlw@pesnta.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: andrew
Message-ID: <3941@pesnta.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 11:32:21 EST
Article-I.D.: pesnta.3941
Posted: Wed Feb 25 11:32:21 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 21:19:45 EST
References: <8UE8zUy00VsLk681Fn@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace)
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation / Customer Service
Lines: 8
Summary: make message-id's fixed length (easy to hash)

Some of these Message-ID's are just too long.  Why do you need anything more
than 8 digits followed by the site name?  

Good Message-ID:    <12345678@pesnta.CCUR.COM>
Bad  Message-ID:    <870225.network.port3.at.my.desk.which.is.in.building.3A.or.
I.may.be.somewhere.else.using.a.modem.and.a.terminal.just.like.I.did.the.other.d
ay.but.anyway.I.did.manage.to.write.this.news.article.somehow.so.I.guess.noone.r
eally.cares.how.I.did.it.12345678@pesnta.CCUR.COM>