Message-ID

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Message-ID is a unique identifier for a digital message, most commonly a globally unique identifier used in email and Usenet newsgroups.[1]

Message-IDs are required to have a specific format which is a subset of an email address[2] and be globally unique. No two different messages must ever have the same Message-ID. If two messages have the same Message-ID, they are assumed to be the same and one version is discarded. This can cause issues if tools mangle the IDs created by other tools. Such a problem has been reported with Google MTAs mangling Message-IDs created by Outlook, making it difficult to reference other messages and breaking threading.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Message-IDs, if present, are generated by the client program sending the email[2] or by the first mail server.[3] A common method of generating such ID is by combining the time and domain name, for example: 950124.162336@example.com.[4]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links