Subj : MSGID
To   : Jame Clay
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Thu Feb 10 2005 01:02 pm

Hey Jame!

Feb 10 12:08 05, Maurice Kinal wrote to Jame Clay:

 MK> What do you think about the following idea for MSGID generation?

 MK> Another approach could be to reserve the first 3 bits for "year" (a 
 MK> base year) and follow the the rest above which could leave a 
 MK> remainder of 3 bits for a message number within any generated pkt but 
 MK> then that restricts pkt sizes to 8 messages per pkt.

Upon further reflection perhaps restricting pkt sizes is a better strategy for 
two reasons - DOS limitations and a potential spam blocker.  Interesting idea?

Life is good,
Maurice

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