TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 60735bae   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef514791   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2021-04-11 13:53:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>>  H:\myutils>> rando2   
    AA>>> lfz$bkmcmmg36ye@jll1xpieaats   
      
    WvV>> Those aren't 32 bit.   
      
    AA> Ah... so the "serialno" part *must" be 8-char?  Then rando could   
    AA> still work like so:   
      
   You should read the fts document on it! ;)   
      
   "...The serial number may be any eight character hexadecimal number"   
      
    H:\myutils>> rando   
    AA> yZn=ZRG-   
      
    WvV>> there's always a change of a collision within 3 years.   
      
    AA> Yes.. I've suspected that could be problematic.   
      
   It's a very small chance, but it can still happen. I think I have seen a few   
   cases where it happend in the last decades... ;)   
      
    AA>>> I remember something about the MSGID being referred to as a two-   
    AA>>> part string with "origaddr" + "serialno", where "origaddr" is   
    AA>>> intended to be a qualified "address of the originating system".   
      
    WvV>> No: "... address for the originating network"   
    WvV>>                                      ^^^^^^^   
      
    AA> Ah.. that little word "for" makes a big difference.  :   
      
    AA> Then the synchronet version adds some added uniqueness.   
      
   As Maurice said... ;)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 105/81 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 124/5016   
   SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/250 154/10 203/0 220/70 221/0 226/17 30 227/114   
   SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 452 664 700 1016 1017 240/5832 249/206 317   
   SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/5 8 267/800 280/464 5003 282/1038 288/100 292/8125   
   SEEN-BY: 298/25 301/1 305/3 310/31 317/3 322/757 340/1000 342/200   
   SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 100 330 340 772/210   
   SEEN-BY: 772/220 230   
   PATH: 280/464 770/1 317/3 229/426