peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (06/06/90)
In article <1857@dino.cs.iastate.edu> mehl@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu writes: > Someone's news poster at @ferranti.com is working strangely. Actually, it's //xds13/usr/lib/newsbin/inject/anne.jones: defmsgid="<`$NEWSBIN/local/mkid`@`cat /etc/systemid`.$domain>" - Mkid is a C program, that basically encodes the process ID and date in something like base-45: > References: <U=S3E7E@xds13.ferranti.com> <VQU34O3@xds13.ferranti.com> Much nicer than the typical C-news ID, which typically run to something like <twelfth.may.MLCCCXIII.fred.smith.cs-153@gnome.zurich.math.campus.edu>. (:->) -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com> 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com> @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.