Re: message-Id has localhost

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Ken,

> 2) The recommendation for Message-IDs is to use a domain name for the
>    right-hand side

Recommendation or rule?  I don't recall.

> 4) Some people, for reasons I would classify as "vague", prefer to
>    generate their Message-IDs locally so their saved copy of the
>    message has the Message-ID in it.

The reason you state seems precise rather than vague.

> 7) There's not too much prior art here to crib from because of (3).

The first-hop MTAs would be a source of prior art.  Most probably let
the domain part be given as configuration.

I think the existing -messageid option which takes either ‘local’ or
‘random’ should also accept ‘@...’ to allow the user to specify it.
This stops using heuristics if the user prefers.

Instead of having to state that as a default option in the profile for
multiple programs, a new profile component, ‘message-id-domain’, could
let it be set once.  If it is set then -msgid is implied.

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Cheers, Ralph.