On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:23:08PM +0000, Jon Loose wrote: > I have just set up a new mailman list, which is working well. Thanks > to the developers for this software. Very useful indeed. > > On looking at the downloadable archives, the message ids are very long > indeed (over 100 characters). I took a look at the same file for this > list, and the ids seem shorter. Is there any way to get shorter > message ids? (This is just a cosmetic issue as regards reading the > archives, but important for users.)
Message-Ids are generally set by the user's MUA (i.e., the mailer of the person who sent the message). It's possible that a lot of people at your site use a mailer that generates long Message-IDs - some versions of Outlook come to mind. w ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
