On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > No, its an optional setting with default to "off" because the kmail > programmers realized (back in KDE2.2.2) that not the MUA is responsible for > the Message-ID but the first MTA. Why? Because all dial-up computers create > non-unique Message-ID because it cannot be assured that the servername part > of the Message-ID is unique (mostly, a local dummy name is chosen). > Unfortunately, some use local MTAs with locale names and the same thing > happens.
Um interesting. That also means, that by default one won't be able to sync draft messages and the like (mailsync is relying on msg-ids for synchronizations sake) *t -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sourcepole.ch Elestastrasse 18, 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Tel: +41 (81) 330 77 11 -----------------------------------------------------------