Stephen F. Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 29 August 2000 at 22:00:15 +0000
> Daniel Augusto Fernandes wrote:
> >
> > > qmail uses UTC for the timezone in headers, as it should. Set the timezone
> > > in your MUA/mail reader, and it should automatically translate timestamps
> > > to local time, if it's intelligent enough.
> >
> > Yes, I agree with the MUA being responsible for doing the translation.
> > But some doesn't do that.
>
> Like Mickeysoft's Outlook Excess, for example. Outlook is not standards
> compliant.
> What you're essentially asking for a way to break qmail so that it will
> work with Microsoft's mediocre product. =)
In my years of working with computers, networks, and email, I don't
think I've *ever* seen an MUA that performs this theoretically
desirable function. I'm sure people can cite several, but it doesn't
appear to be at all common. I'm all for it; I think MUA's *should* do
that. But in practice, I don't think they mostly parse the headers at
all, they just filter which to display and which to not display, and
display the actual text of any chosen.
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