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Bad message IDs (Re: Implication of bad message id's (please)?)

1997-12-17 13:11:03
        Author:        John Gianni <jjg(_at_)Cadence(_dot_)COM>
        Original-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 11:31:21 -0800 (PST)
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<199712091931(_dot_)LAA24708(_at_)cds9200(_dot_)Cadence(_dot_)COM>

Q: Are there known problems with "valid" mails with illegal MessageIDs?

One problem is with duplicate checking.

I have to ! ^From some folks because every message they send has a bad  
message-IDs (identical).


I also have a question.  My mailreader under NeXTStep complains about the  
following Message-ID:

<c=US%a=_%p=?Home_Network%l=HOME-HQ-971217052913Z-318(_at_)home-hq(_dot_)svr(_dot_)home(_dot_)net>

It says:

Missing terminating '?' in MIME 8-bit header:  
<c=US%a=_%p=?Home_Network%l=HOME-HQ-971217002445Z-283(_at_)home-hq(_dot_)svr(_dot_)home(_dot_)net>


Who is wrong, my mailreader or their Message-ID ?

TjL