On Jan 16, 2021, at 4:21 PM, Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021, Ron Garret wrote: > >>> Why not simply use the message-id? >> >> Because not every email has one. RFC5322 doesn?t require them. > > Doesn't your MTA then insert one if it's missing? As it happens, it does. But there’s another reason I want the Dovecot UID: I want to be able to find the file in a user’s maildir corresponding to a particular message that passed through sieve so I can do forensic analysis in the event that the spam filter isn’t doing the right thing. rg