On Wed, 5 Jan 2000 04:11:52 +0300, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote:
> But this last (or topmost) Received: stamp should be machine-dependant, not
> otherwise. Right now TB does just the same, but putting this info into the folder
> index file directly. This results in:
> 1. If the message is got from the POP or IMAP, all's correct unless the index
> gets corrupted. Then, on re-indexing, the received date will pretty likely be
> unset to the current date/time, which could result in erratic behaviour;
I didn't know that this information is stored separately from the
messages itself
> 2. If the message is imported somehow, the received stamp in folder index is
> set to "now", resulting in numerous inconveniences.
unfortunately :-(
> So what I'm suggesting is:
> 1. If the message is received trough POP/IMAP, TB should put the Received:
> header with the *current* time (the time of the receiving);
This would probably be helpful and does no harm
> 2. If the message is imported, TB should consult the latest Received: date
> found in the headers.
But not when importing UNIX mailbox files. TB! should adhere to
standards; and the standard for this kind of format is to put the
received time into to the "From " line (*), as TB! does it already
when exporting. If TB! creates its own standard, it would still fail
to recognise the received time when importing mailbox files from
other programs, eg Netscape or Agent (How does it Pegasus do?)
(*) If I'm wrong here, please tell me. I couldn't find any written
standard
Regards
Peter
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