From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:41:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Working with public-inbox.org [Was: [PATCH] rev-parse: respect core.hooksPath in --git-path]
Message-ID: <xmqqlgt99yeo.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <acac96da-2404-4f7e-a83d-7648ca448d31@hotmail.com>

Arif Khokar <arif.i.khokar@gmail.com> writes:

> One concern I have regarding this idea is whether or not SMTP servers
> typically replace a Message-Id header set by the client.

The clients are supposed to give Message-IDs, but because some
clients fail to do so, SMTP server implementations are allowed to
add an ID to avoid leaving a message nameless (IIRC, 6.3 in
RFC2821).  So "replace" would be in violation.

But some parts of the world ignore RFCs, so...