Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-26 Thread LuKreme
On 25 Aug 2013, at 22:41 , Mike Seda m...@seda.net 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

Re: Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-26 Thread John Levine
In article cahb6j2njd-vzhw_rejndnmnwyv5yv2gvypw3ucpti7yod3f...@mail.gmail.com 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

Significantly different date observed in Received and Date fields

2013-08-25 Thread Mike Seda
Hi All, 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 over a month and 1 case was less than a month.

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

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 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