email message id

[eric]

wow, RFC-82 was pretty exciting.  history in the making.  i had never
seen it before.  http://www.globecom.net/ietf/stdindex.php  is a new
favorite place to haunt.  thanks.  eric.

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 17:15, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Read RFC-82* -- the messageID is a unique identifier.  It usually
> includes a data+timestamp, ip address or hostname, and other
> information to attempt to make the ID 'unique'.
> 
> -derek
> 
> eric <235u at comcast.net> writes:
> 
> > hi, i sent an email to myself and was slightly surprised to see the name
> > of my computer listed.  (playPen1).  
> > 
> > Message-Id: <1065558318.18652.1.camel at playPen1>
> > 
> > 1.  what do the numbers and "camel" mean?
> > 2.  where is there a good explanation of what information is passed
> > along with an email?  thanks for any hints.  eric.
> > -- 
> > Check out http://home.comcast.net/~235u
> > "Loki_the_Doppelganger"
> > 
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