[LINK] RFI: Gmail in Reference: header

[Kim Holburn]

Actually it was my contribution to the thread.  It is odd though  
because I don't actually send from gmail because if I do I never see  
the post from link which I find exasperating so I post from my local  
ISP SMTP server.  This references header must get added by my client  
or the local ISP or by mailman.anu.edu.au based on my email address.

I guess Roger will never reply though I think calling me a bastard is  
a bit rude.

Kim


On 2007/Jun/23, at 9:01 AM, Craig Sanders wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 11:43:50AM +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> Do the contents of the References: header generate a message (and
>> hence trap responses to gmail-originated threads in Google's
>> database), or is it just a comment field?
>
> No, the References: header lists previous Message-IDs in the thread.
> it's used by threading-aware mail clients (as well as list-archiving
> software, etc). .
>
> in this instance, the mention of gmail in the References header
> indicates that, at some point prior to the message you read, one of  
> the
> messages in the thread was sent from gmail.
>
>
>
> BTW, each message sent has a Message-ID, generated either by the  
> sending
> mail client or by the first mail transfer agent (aka "mail server")  
> that
> notices the message doesn't have one. it's typically generated from
> the current date & time and the domain or hostname of the machine that
> generates it, and possibly some other info (i.e. it's arbitrary, no
> required format but most generators follow the convention).
>
> it's not guaranteed unique, either. chance of collision is pretty low,
> but not non-existent. e.g. two different messages sent at the exact
> same time from machines with the same hostname (some hostnames are  
> very
> common - e.g. many domains have a machine called "mars").
>
> craig
>
> -- 
> craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>
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