Re: Late comments on the msgtrk documents

Good point, and (as we discussed) in some cases you _can't_ use
your host name, as for example if you get a dynamic name from an
ISP (since it can be re-used you can't guarantee uniqueness of the
LHS).

eric

============= In Reply To: ===========================================
: From:  Gregory Neil Shapiro <[email protected]>
: Subject:  Re: Late comments on the msgtrk documents 
: Date:  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:14:43 -0700

: The text I am referring to in 4.2 is
: 
:           envid-parameter = "ENVID=" unique-envid
:           unique-envid    = local-envid "@" fqhn
:           local-envid     = xtext
:           fqhn            = xtext
: ...
:                                      In most cases, this means setting
:       fqhn to be the fully qualified host name of the system  generat-
:       ing  this  ENVID
: ...
: 
: "In most cases" leaves the door open for it not being required.  The
: document never says what "fqhn" must be.  By my reading of the document, an
: ENVID of "123@6425ChristieAvenueSuite4000EmeryvilleCA94608USA" is perfectly
: legal as long as I can guarantee it's uniqueness.