email Message-ID: What is a good algorithm to create this?

[Steve Purcell]

Sheila King wrote:
> What is a good way for my script to generate Message-IDs? I know it usually
> has something to do with random numbers or strings, but I thought I would get
> some advice on how to do this, first, before blindly proceeding. A description
> of a general algorithm would be fine. Pointers to online resources describing
> such are also very welcome.

Try using strings returned by mimetools.choose_boundary(), or steal that
code for your own purposes. I think it should be sufficiently unique.

-Steve

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