On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 04:04:34PM +0200, Marcus C. Gottwald wrote: > > I think for a true date received test, you have to look at the > > timestamp part of the filename.
> Well, it looks like both mtime and timestamp-as-part-of-filename may > change when copying messages between Maildirs, at least when using > Mutt and a local filesystem. So if mtimes do not reflect the desired > timestamp, neither might timestamp-as-part-of-filename. I was thinking of just using cp and friends, and yes I have done that to move around my maildirs. I'm curious if mutt preserves the mtime when doing the mutating operations I mentioned ie. rethreading or editing after the fact. Especially in the case of editing, I have serious doubts that mtime is preserved. But maybe mutt also creates a fresh message in this case, my memory is foggy. I'm also curious what other programs look at the mtime to determine time delivered. I mean real programs, not your hand written scripts ;-) Friendly, -- Ian
