.Dd August 1, 2016
.Dt MGENMID 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mgenmid
.Nd generate a Message-ID
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
generates a fresh Message-ID and prints it.
The Message-ID consists of a timestamp,
a random value,
and a fully qualified domain name.
.Pp
The fully qualified domain name is computed by:
.Bl -enum
.It
Using
.Sq Li FQDN\&:
from
.Pa "${MBLAZE:-$HOME/.mblaze}/profile"
(if set).
.It
Resolving the current hostname.
.It
Using the host part of the address in
.Sq Li Local\&-Mailbox\&:
from
.Pa "${MBLAZE:-$HOME/.mblaze}/profile"
(if set).
.El
.Pp
If these steps don't result in a fully qualified domain name,
.Nm
fails.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mblaze-profile 5
.Rs
.%A M. Curtin
.%A J. Zawinski
.%D July 1998
.%R draft-ietf-usefor-message-id-01.txt
.%T Recommendations for generating Message IDs
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Leah Neukirchen Aq Mt leah@vuxu.org
.Sh LICENSE
.Nm
is in the public domain.
.Pp
To the extent possible under law,
the creator of this work
has waived all copyright and related or
neighboring rights to this work.
.Pp
.Lk http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/