Subj : txt2pkt.pl To : Maurice Kinal From : Maurice Kinal Date : Thu Feb 10 2005 09:16 am Hey Maurice! Feb 10 08:27 05, Maurice Kinal wrote to Jame Clay: MK> mean something, such as the hex ddhhmmss. As is that isn't going to MK> survive too much longer or at least not on the LAN. At the very MK> least I'd tack on yy to the beginning and then increment ss by one MK> each pass, through the loop. Errrr ... please revise the proposed MSGID to yymddhhmmss where the first m=month and only requires one hex digit to represent it (12 months in a year last time I checked). Kind of an overall oddball result but better then the current for ensuring uniqueness for an extended period of time. Life is good, Maurice --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 * Origin: Coffin Point - Ladysmith, BC Canada (1:153/401.1) .