Re: #1083 USEPRO 7.5: Rules for Generating message-ID

[Russ Allbery <rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> For some time "proposed Message-IDs" were an optional NNTP
> feature, but I don't find it in the new NTP-base RfC ?!

It was dropped for various reasons that I believe are in the list
archives, or rather deferred for someone to document as an extension if
they're so inclined.

> Now I'm lost how the posting agent can determine which Message-ID it
> got, if it's not reported in the 340 or 240 POST reply.

It can't, in the general case.

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Russ Allbery (rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>