Maxim Sobolev writes:
Well, IMO absence or presence of tag in the To header field should be
the definite difference between the two. INVITE which creates a dialg
would be To-tag-less, while one that refreshes a dialog would usually
have one. And if my memory serves according to the RFC INVITE is the
only type of message which can create a dialog.
also subscribe and even notify can create a dialog.
-- juha