Author:        John Gianni <jjg(_at_)Cadence(_dot_)COM>
        Original-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 11:31:21 -0800 (PST)
        Message-ID:    
<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