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> Hi,
> 
> You do not say how your users are accessing their mail (IMAP or
POP),
> but I came up with the following patch to fix some Lookout problems
I've
> had.  The setup on which this patch has been tested (and
demonstrated to
> actually work) is:
> 
>    - delivery to ~/Mailbox (mbox)
>    - client access via IMAP (uw-imapd the server)
>    - client MUA Outlook 2000
> 
> AFAICT, the UW IMAP server, for whatever the reason, passes the
> timestamp in the mbox "From " header on to the client (as the
"received"
> time?).  Since no timezone info is given in the timestamp, either
the
> server or the client makes the assumption that it's in localtime
(when
> in fact it's GMT).  Therefore, my naive solution is to simply append
"
> -0000" to the timestamp, which seems to make everyone happy. 
Whether or
> not this is proper for the "From " header, I don't know.
> 

Excellent.. problem fixed.  As David said "Well I'll be dipped in
shit".

Thanks Eric.

-B

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