+//
+// Utility function for nntp_last_next() that turns a msgnum into a message ID.
+// The memory for the returned string is pwnz0red by the caller.
+//
+char *message_id_from_msgnum(long msgnum) {
+
+ char *fetched_message_id = NULL;
+ CC->redirect_buffer = NewStrBufPlain(NULL, SIZ);
+ CtdlOutputMsg(msgnum,
+ MT_RFC822, // output in RFC822 format ... sort of
+ HEADERS_FAST, // headers, body, or both?
+ 0, // don't do Citadel protocol responses
+ 1, // CRLF newlines
+ NULL, // teh whole thing, not just a section
+ 0, // no flags yet ... maybe new ones for Path: etc ?
+ NULL,
+ NULL,
+ &fetched_message_id // extract the message ID from the message as we go...
+ );
+ StrBuf *msgtext = CC->redirect_buffer;
+ CC->redirect_buffer = NULL;
+
+ FreeStrBuf(&msgtext);
+ return(fetched_message_id);
+}
+
+