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Posted to commits@ponymail.apache.org by hu...@apache.org on 2016/06/01 13:31:20 UTC

incubator-ponymail-site git commit: add a note about MID generators

Repository: incubator-ponymail-site
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/asf-site 33856f66b -> ff69aabbb


add a note about MID generators


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/commit/ff69aabb
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/tree/ff69aabb
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/diff/ff69aabb

Branch: refs/heads/asf-site
Commit: ff69aabbb2d2a4a6e3c9d4a8c4eafdd1ad084ed5
Parents: 33856f6
Author: humbedooh <hu...@apache.org>
Authored: Wed Jun 1 15:31:07 2016 +0200
Committer: humbedooh <hu...@apache.org>
Committed: Wed Jun 1 15:31:07 2016 +0200

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 content/docs/installing.html       | 7 +++++++
 source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/blob/ff69aabb/content/docs/installing.html
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diff --git a/content/docs/installing.html b/content/docs/installing.html
index 8132e08..2fc22a1 100644
--- a/content/docs/installing.html
+++ b/content/docs/installing.html
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ You may use the following variables in the footer:</p>
 <h3 id='anoteonemailheaders'>A note on email headers<a href='#anoteonemailheaders' style='color: rgba(0,0,0,0);'>&para;</a></h3>
 <p>By default, headers such as to/cc are not shown in the normal email view.
 To enable these headers, set <code>full_headers</code> to <code>true</code> in the <code>site/api/lib/config.lua</code> file.</p>
+<h3 id='lastlyanoteaboutmessageidmidgenerators'>Lastly, a note about Message-ID (MID) generators<a href='#lastlyanoteaboutmessageidmidgenerators' style='color: rgba(0,0,0,0);'>&para;</a></h3>
+<p>The default MID generator is called 'medium' and digests the message
+body, timestamp and list-ID to generate the MID. There is also a 'short'
+that only digests the body, and a 'full' that uses the entire message as
+a bytestring to generate an ID. Medium is recommended for most setups
+(especially clustered setups), while full can be used for single-machine
+setups.</p>
 <h4><a id="disclaimer"></a>Disclaimer</h4>
 <p style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12pt;">
     <a href="https://incubator.apache.org"><img src="/images/podling.svg" align="right" width="220px"/></a>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site/blob/ff69aabb/source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md
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diff --git a/source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md b/source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md
index e663a7f..8a5ccaf 100644
--- a/source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md
+++ b/source/markdown/docs/INSTALLING.md
@@ -209,3 +209,11 @@ An example footer could be:
 ### A note on email headers ###
 By default, headers such as to/cc are not shown in the normal email view.
 To enable these headers, set `full_headers` to `true` in the `site/api/lib/config.lua` file.
+
+### Lastly, a note about Message-ID (MID) generators
+The default MID generator is called 'medium' and digests the message
+body, timestamp and list-ID to generate the MID. There is also a 'short'
+that only digests the body, and a 'full' that uses the entire message as
+a bytestring to generate an ID. Medium is recommended for most setups
+(especially clustered setups), while full can be used for single-machine
+setups.
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