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Code responsible for generating Message-ID:
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The Message id consists of five parts:
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camel_header_msgid_generate (void)
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        static pthread_mutex_t count_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
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#define COUNT_LOCK() pthread_mutex_lock (&count_lock)
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#define COUNT_UNLOCK() pthread_mutex_unlock (&count_lock)
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        char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
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        char *name;
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        static int count = 0;
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        char *msgid;
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        struct addrinfo *ai = NULL, hints = { 0 };
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        retval = gethostname (host, sizeof (host));
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# The current time as returned by the <tt>time</tt> function followed by a period. The value is dislayed in decimal and is the number of seconds since midnight on 1 Jan 1970. In the example above, 1185616355 refers to Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:52:35 GMT.
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        if (retval == 0 && *host) {
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                hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
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                ai = camel_getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, NULL);
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The Message id format comes from the function <tt>camel_header_msgid_generate</tt> in <tt>evolution-data-server/camel/camel-mime-utils.c</tt>.
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        msgid = g_strdup_printf ("%d.%d.%d.camel@%s", (int) time (NULL), getpid (), count++, name);
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== References ==
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evolution-data-server/camel/camel-mime-utils.c
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Revision as of 15:07, 8 August 2007

Subject: header test
From: Username <username@sendinghost.com>
To: Username <username@receivinghost.com>
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:52:35 +0200
Message-Id: <1185616355.19231.0.camel@localhost>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

The Message id consists of five parts:

  1. The current time as returned by the time function followed by a period. The value is dislayed in decimal and is the number of seconds since midnight on 1 Jan 1970. In the example above, 1185616355 refers to Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:52:35 GMT.
  2. The process id number in decimal followed by a period
  3. The third value starts at zero but may increase as more messages are sent. It is also followed by a period
  4. The word camel followed by an '@'
  5. If the canonical hostname can found, it is used. Otherwise the hostname

The Message id format comes from the function camel_header_msgid_generate in evolution-data-server/camel/camel-mime-utils.c.

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