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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2020-12-02 17:33:00
subject: Re: some call me ... tim?

Hi Maurice,

On 2020-12-02 15:41:36, you wrote to me:

 MK> @MSGID: 1:153/7001 5fc7b5b0
 MK> @REPLY: 2:280/464 5fc76588

 WvV>> I would call it broken, with only the MSGID flag...

 MK> No more broken than with all the additional flags.  Note that this reply
 MK> contains a REPLY flag that matches your MSGID as per specs, as well as
 MK> nonconforming MSGIDs that certain software generates.  Also the hex part
of
 MK> the MSGID can be used to generate a real datetime stamp accurate to the
 MK> second and is vastly more informative than any so-called fix for the
 MK> obsolete MSG header's datetime stamp;

 MK>   $ date --date="@$(printf "%d" 0x5fc6f369)"
 MK> Wed 02 Dec 2020 01:52:41 AM UTC

That's a broken MSGID implementation, because it could be possible your system
generates 2 (or more) messages in the same second (maybe automated ones). In
that case there would be 2 (or more) different messages with the same MSGID...

 MK> ... A Møøse once bit my sister ...

Illegal characters without a CHRS: kludge!

(And yes I know mine isn't correct ;-))

Bye, Wilfred.

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