Subject: Q: Full hostnames in the Message-Ids

From: Kjell Andresen <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Aug 1996 06:41:04 GMT

Abstract of a message send to Pine Developers:

> Hello!
> 
> I'm trying to set correct message-ids on outgoing mail and news. At our
> site this is "ulrik.uio.no" which in turn is a correct and valid address.
> 
> Here is the problem-header:
> Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95o.960823102857.23776H-100000@halfdan>
> -should have been:
> Message-ID: <[email-masked] or
> Message-ID: <[email-masked]>
[snipp}
> 
>    7. Unmodified value (host name) from an external database 
> 
> -Not used.
> 
> It seems like pine v3.95 does not put message-ids together as the
> documentation claims.

The answer is:

Only the last item (#7) applies when computing the Message-Id. 
Perhaps we should clarify the Tech Notes on this point... 
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Q: Can anyone write me how I can set up my system in order to put the
domain name "uio.no" after the name of the sending host?

domain name = uio.no
nis domain = uio

TIA

-- 
-Kjell