Question about message id

[Derek Martin]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 08:05:06AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 10:53:41AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> > The unfathomable thing about this question is why you (or anyone)
> > should care in the slightest what your message ID looks like.
> 
> That's totally true, but I still like the classic Mutt message-id
> format.

Did you set your message ID format accordingly, then?  Because the
message I'm replying to carries this:

    Message-ID: <20240409150506.GA47878 at aura.veggiechinese.net>

If so that feature may not be working correctly...

> Maybe it's just nostalgia, but either way, I'm not super
> worried about leaking my PID etc...

Nor should you be--as I pointed out then, the PID is only of any use
to an attacker who is already on your system, which means either:

  1. Your system is already compromised, or
  2. They are a legitimate user on your system, in which case they can
     already easily get the pid of your mail client

In no way can a process ID be construed as sensitive.  If it were
you'd have to disable the ps command, modify the logging of virtually
every network daemon ever, and a whole bunch of other things.

> I think some people mentioned some minor threading issues with the new
> format?

Is that so?  I don't recall noticing anything about that... I'd love a
pointer to some details, if anyone has that.  Anyway, I said then, and
maintain now, that changing the format and making it configurable was
pointless and added complexity without good technical justification.
You may have just proven that. =8^)

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