TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
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   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
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   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef493f6e   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2021-04-10 20:58:00, you wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    AA> For msgid purposes why not just generate a 6 to 9 character hash   
    AA> based on the content of the message?  That would ALWAYS be   
    AA> unique and never repeat for a l-o-n-g time.   
      
   There are those moderator messages that stay the same for ages...   
      
    AA> The current approach for msgid has been to have serial number.   
    AA> But why can't it be a simple hash?   
      
   A good secure hash, needs a lot of cpu to be calculated.   
      
    AA> Synchronet systems have come up with another unique approach to   
    AA> the MSGID line which seems to cooperate with existing systems   
    AA> quite well.   
      
   It isn't according to the standard, which might cause some problems on other   
   systems.   
      
   And I think it went like this: They miss used the MSGID to store some internal   
   information for their messagebase, and came up with an excuse afterwards, when   
   it was difficult to correct.   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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