Issue #6598: Increased time precision and random number range in

email.utils.make_msgid() to strengthen the uniqueness of the message ID.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/email/utils.py b/Lib/email/utils.py
index cacb9b1..317fdfa 100644
--- a/Lib/email/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/email/utils.py
@@ -202,24 +202,23 @@ def format_datetime(dt, usegmt=False):
 def make_msgid(idstring=None, domain=None):
     """Returns a string suitable for RFC 2822 compliant Message-ID, e.g:
 
-    <20020201195627.33539.96671@nightshade.la.mastaler.com>
+    <142480216486.20800.16526388040877946887@nightshade.la.mastaler.com>
 
     Optional idstring if given is a string used to strengthen the
     uniqueness of the message id.  Optional domain if given provides the
     portion of the message id after the '@'.  It defaults to the locally
     defined hostname.
     """
-    timeval = time.time()
-    utcdate = time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S', time.gmtime(timeval))
+    timeval = int(time.time()*100)
     pid = os.getpid()
-    randint = random.randrange(100000)
+    randint = random.getrandbits(64)
     if idstring is None:
         idstring = ''
     else:
         idstring = '.' + idstring
     if domain is None:
         domain = socket.getfqdn()
-    msgid = '<%s.%s.%s%s@%s>' % (utcdate, pid, randint, idstring, domain)
+    msgid = '<%d.%d.%d%s@%s>' % (timeval, pid, randint, idstring, domain)
     return msgid