--On Thursday, August 30, 2007 19:21 -0400 Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've had a problem for a while with messages from a particular sender > not date-sorting correctly. The date header from a recent message > appears as: > > Date: 8/30/2007 5:59:28 PM > > DIMP shows the date column as simply "05:59:28 PM", and it appears > before a message dated 1/30/02. > > While I'm at it, there is another date header that doesn't seem to > sort correctly: > > Date: 12/08/03 20:16:07 > > For this message, the date is shown correctly, but it sorts as before > the 1/30/02 message. The sender's software is broken. That format is not even close to what is defined in RFC 2822 (or the older 822). I wouldn't expect any client or imap server to be able to sort those by date. I would expect those to be shown with no date, and for them to sort to the top or bottom. Do you consider "12/08/03" correctly shown as 12 Aug 03, 8 Dec 03, 12 Aug 2003, or 8 Dec 2003? Since the format is not defined, it's hard to say when it's parsed correctly. Joseph Brennan Lead Email Systems Engineer Columbia University Information Technology -- IMP mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#imp Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ To unsubscribe, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
