Re: [pbmserv-dev] Problem with lost messages solved

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 03:17:59PM +0300, Ragnar Wikman IB wrote:
> Hello folks!
> 
> Some weeks ago I wondered about the loss of SOME messages from the server,
> and now the reason is found, after a brief discussion with the guys at our
> computer centre.
> 
> And the best place to solve the problem would most likely be for Richard to
> make a slight reconfiguration on your side?
> 
> The problem is, that our mailer only lets through ONE copy of messages with
> the SAME Message-ID, and now the nags (and no doubt also the 'shows') come
> with the SAME Message-ID for nags in the same game! So when I today got
> two nags in Doublechess and two in Breakthrough, they came with TWO different
> message-IDs, not FOUR!
> 
> I hope you could make an adjustment on your side, Richard (I think/hope it
> would be a very easy one to make?) since this problem might affect several
> users (only I am the only one who has noticed it, since I rely too heavily
> on the nagger :-) ) ?!
> 
> Cheers, Ragnar aka the unique message-ID-needer :-)

valid point.

A few weeks ago, I tried to make a change to the Message-ID code to make
threading "work".  In order for threading to work, all players of a given
board (A and B) had to receive messages with the same Message-ID.  This is 
to that when player A responds to a message in the game, he'd set the
"In-Reply-To" header to a message-id that was (potentially) in player B's
inbox.

Sadly, I didn't get the logic quite right.  

I think I've fixed it now.   Ragnar, please do a "show" request to
see if you get them all now.

Richard

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