Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-26 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >It's possible to modify the Date field on MUA side, if one were so >inclined, right? > >If so, how would that be accomplished? The easiest way is to change the clock in your computer, then send the message, then change it back.

Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-26 Thread LuKreme
On 25 Aug 2013, at 22:41 , Mike Seda wrote: > It's possible to modify the Date field on MUA side, if one were so inclined, > right? Yes, but I am having trouble thinking of a case where it is really actually truly a good idea. > If so, how would that be accomplished? I'd use procmail and form

Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-25 Thread Victor d'Agostino
Hi, The Date field is client side and may be wrong. Generaly mails are not deffered one month so i guess it is a client misconfiguration... The Received header fields are server side (but can also be modified by filtering application ... as SMTP does not provide any certification of body and

Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:15:02PM -0400, Mike Seda wrote: > I've recently received mail from at least two individuals that > contained Received field(s) with dates that significantly differed > from that of the Date field. The time difference was approximately 1 > month in each case - 1 case was

Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Mike Seda: > Received: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:16:40 -0700 (PDT) > Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:52:46 +0200 The mail client's clock is out of whack, or the message was stuck on the mail client for three weeks. Wietse