Re: bug with the Message-ID ?

[Paul Lewis <paul lewis karachi freeuk com>]

On 2001.12.02 20:30 M. Thielker wrote:

> > > composing of the Message-ID.
> > >
> > > netscape: Message-ID: <3BF223EC.F2514A11@compuserve.de>
> > > balsa:    Message-ID: <3BF223EC.F2514A11@Hugo.comic.net>
> 
> The message ID is in fact generated by Compuserve not Netscape. NS
> will submit the message without a message ID while Balsa does generate
> one. CIS sees that as relaying and rejects the message, as far as I
(also
> a  Compuserve subscriber) know.
> To allow for such braindead mail servers, there really needs to be an 
> option to generate _no_ message ID
> 
> Melanie

Then isn't the solution to set Balsa or more properly Esmtp to submit
rather than relay mail. If I recall from the list archives that is just
a matter of entering the smtp mail server without the port number.
Nominating port 25 implies mail relay? Assuming CIS allows mail
submission of course.