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Are gmail thread id's unique across users?

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Title says it all, but I'd like to know if Gmail thread ids are unique across users. For various reasons I'd like to index a global datastructure based on these ID's.

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aloo Avatar asked Aug 08 '14 07:08

aloo


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It's only unique for an individual user. It's quite likely you'll get collisions across users as it's only a 64bit field and is largely time based.

If you need a Globally unique ID best to combine it with a user identifier.

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Eric D Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 18:09

Eric D