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to: Jame Clay
from: Maurice Kinal
date: 2005-02-10 13:02:56
subject: MSGID

Hey Jame!

Feb 10 12:08 05, Maurice Kinal wrote to Jame Clay:

 MK> What do you think about the following idea for MSGID generation?

 MK> Another approach could be to reserve the first 3 bits for
"year" (a 
 MK> base year) and follow the the rest above which could leave a 
 MK> remainder of 3 bits for a message number within any generated pkt but 
 MK> then that restricts pkt sizes to 8 messages per pkt.

Upon further reflection perhaps restricting pkt sizes is a better strategy
for two reasons - DOS limitations and a potential spam blocker. 
Interesting idea?

Life is good,
Maurice

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