Hi there!
On 4 Jan 00, at 10:01, Thomas Fernandez wrote
about "Re[2]: Purging folders for old mess":
> Hi Peter,
> >> The "received" time should apparently be equal to the *latest*
> >> time stamp found in the Received: headers, IMO. If implemented
> >> this way, many problems would have gone forever...
>
> PS> Are we talking about the mailbox file format? From my understanding
> PS> the Received time is the time in the first line of each message (the
> PS> one starting with "From ").
Wrong here:-) For example, here's the headers of this very message I'm
replying to:
Received: by AK2570.spb.edu (UUPC/@ v7.02, 26Apr98) with UUCP
id AA03863; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:39:15 +0300 (MSK)
Received: from knot.pu.ru (knot.pu.ru [193.124.85.91] (may be forged))
by wg.pu.ru (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA24465
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 02:05:30 GMT
Received: from thebat.dutaint.com (ns2.dutaint.com [202.134.1.243])
by knot.pu.ru (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id FAA19846
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 05:03:54 +0300 (MSK)
Received: from ms34.hinet.net by thebat.dutaint.com
with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.0.0.0h.R)
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:04:34 +0700
Received: from 00284 ([210.242.5.6])
by ms34.hinet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA05882
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:04:20 +0800 (CST)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:01:20 +0800
See what I mean, yeah?
> But when importing MSG files (one
> PS> message = one file) TB! should offer your method as an option
> PS> (probably the default instead of using the actual time)
>
> What Alex suggests is in my understanding showing the "received" time
> as stamped by the pop server. TB, on the other hand, uses the time
> when it (TB) receives the mail. Thus, it is currently quite consistent
> - if annoying.
TB *must* put it's *own* Received: field, and that's all. Like:
Received: by TB 1.38e; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:39:15 +0300 (MSK)
Don't you think this would solve the problem discussed?
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