Hello TBUDL,
On Monday, May 22, 2000, , Ming-Li wrote:
> I'm troubled by the same problem, and I'm afraid there is no
> easy solution before RIT fix it. There are two not so
> elegant fixes, however.
You are right about that... My friend wrote a mail to RIT, and he got this
answer:
> This is not possible, I am afraid. We do not know exact format of OE 5
> message base and therefore do not know where the received date value
> lies...
So I'm afraid it will not work for a while...
> 1. Ignore the received date, and use the created date
> instead. Given the speed email is transmitted these days,
> these two dates should be pretty close.
This works fine if the sender's computer's clock works properly. But I have
some friends whose clock is some days behind so the created time is not
accurate...
> 2. If he has a text editor with macro capability, like
> Ultraedit, he may use TB's "export to Unix mailbox" function
> to export all messages in a folder to a file. The file is
> in plain text format, and could be edited with an editor.
> Then he may use a macro to change the date with the "actual"
> received date. If he is familiar with VBA, he could do it
> in MS Word as well, though it's a bit overkill. After that,
> he can re-import the messages (as from Unix mailbox, not OE)
> again, the TB should show the right date.
This is a good idea! Thanks!
Bye!
Windisch Gergely
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