On 2006-01-18 04:12:49 -0500, Bob Dodds wrote: > Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: > >>I didn't know how likely those where to collide so I decided to use a > >>generetad artificial ID. Using an integer as key should be > >>significantly > >>faster too on most database systems when retrieving a specific mail. > >>Anyone out there who knows how likely key collisions are when using the > >>message-id header as key? > > > >Very likely (the same message sent to different recipients). It > >wouldn't have to be a unique key though. > cyrus won't allow the same msg id sent to different recipients.
If this was true, it would be impossible to send a message to two cyrus
users (at the same site). Since this obviously works (otherwise any
sysadmin installing cyrus would be lynched approximately 5 minutes after
installation), I don't believe your claim.
hp
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