[rt-users] Message ID generation

[Bruce Campbell]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Florian Weimer wrote:

> sub SetMessageID {
>
>   # TODO $RT::rtname should be replaced by $RT::hostname to form valid
>   # message-ids (ref rfc822)
>
>   $self->SetHeader
>     ('Message-ID', "<rt-".$self->TicketObj->id().
>      "-".
>      $self->TransactionObj->id()."." .rand(20) . "\@".$RT::rtname.">")
>       unless $self->TemplateObj->MIMEObj->head->get('Message-ID');
> }
>
> Is it safe to change $RT::rtname to something else in this context?
> In our case, $RT::rtname isn't a FQDN. :-/

You could change it to $RT::hostname, and ensure you set $hostname in
etc/config.pm to something that is a FQDN .  Eric and I will cry though
(we're doing seperate work regarding MessageId handling) ;)

Seriously though, go right ahead.

Regards,

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