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Date:      Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:39:11 +0000 (GMT)
From:      alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To:        pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org, fetchmail-friends@snark.thyrsus.com
Subject:   Re: looking for QualComm qpopper testers to try new patch
Message-ID:  <m0vwvNf-0005FcC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199702172344.PAA28691@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at Feb 17, 97 03:44:23 pm

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> I'd like the UIDL to simply be the message ID, but frankly, they are NOT
> unique, and the author of QPOP realized that too.

Indeed. However the combination

<messageid><host><localreceivedtime>

is pretty safe.

Alan




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