Subj : Re: MSGID
To   : Wilfred Van Velzen
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Feb 14 2022 01:15 pm

On 14 Feb 22  18:22:20, Wilfred Van Velzen said the following to Oli:

WV> I've noticed a few cases when for instance Ward re-installed d'Brigde, and 
WV> MSGID's started repeating those his system already generated 1 or 2 years
WV> earlier. This was a few years back, so I don't remember the exact details. 
WV> I don't know if d'Bridge still has this problem, or has improved the MSGID
WV> checksum generating algorithm, and made it time based...

Originally when I added that kludge to D'Bridge it was serial-based because
FTS-9 stated the 8-hex number can be of any unique value. It was changed to 
timestamp when a few Sysops requested it.

Nick
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