- From: Phillip M. Hallam-Baker <hallam@dxal18.cern.ch>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:59:40 +0900
- To: Owen Rees <rtor@ansa.co.uk>, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
- Cc: hallam@dxal18.cern.ch
>Message-ID seems to me to be out of place as an HTTP header. I think it should >be removed, and if there is any existing use problem that needs to be >described, do this in an appendix treating it as an extension-header. I disagree. There are several instances when it is usefull to be able to specify the message-id as a meta item. For example a HTTP server may be a news/mail gateway in its own right. A user with an HTTP client needs to be able to determine the Message Id used in certain circumstances. If we have proxy chains there is a great advantage in being able to index and identify messaged by an identifier. I have always thought that its a pity this field was not made mandatory. Especialy for replies. Phill
Received on Monday, 20 March 1995 08:11:13 UTC