On 1/11/2010 8:10 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Arne wrote: > >> Mark Hansen wrote: >>> On 1/11/2010 3:41 AM, Arne wrote: >>>> I would like to know what the difference is between "Sort by: Date" >>>> and "Sort by: Received"? >>> >>> Do you mean "Sort by: Order Received"? That is the date/time the message >>> showed up on your doorstep, regardless of the date shown in the Date >>> header of the message. These can be different. >> >> No, I don't mean "Sort by: Order Received". As I wrote, I can see what >> happen with that sort order. But I can't see what happen with the >> "plain" Received sorting that is different from sorting by Date. > > OK, here's a theory: > > If you look at a message header, you'll see that it contains Date: and > Received: fields. The Date: field is the date attached by the sending > computer, which may or may not be accurate. The Received: fields are > attached by the various servers that handle the message en route. > > So if you sort by Date:, you're sorting by when the sender's computer > thought it sent it, and if you sort by Received:, you're sorting by when > one of the mail servers thought it got it. Could be as much as several > days apart. >
How do you sort by "Received". I don't have that option. In my SeaMonkey, I have no such option. I do have Sort by "Order Received". Is that what you're talking about. I've found that is set to the time the message is placed in the mail folder. For example, if I get three messages: A, B and C - in that order, then move them into another mail folder in this order: First B, then A, then C, and the other mail folder is set to display in the Order Received, the messages are display in this order: B, A, C. As far as I can see, it's not using the dates in the received headers at all. Perhaps this changed for SM 2.x. This is how it's always worked for me in SeaMonkey 1.1.X (and I'm pretty sure earlier Mozilla products as well). Regards, _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
