Friday, July 28, 2000, 12:41:28 PM, Ming-Li wrote:
ML> Hi dynamite,
>> I just received an email from a list server which had a blank
>> Date: field in the header.
>> This caused TB! to set the Created date to 1 Jan 1980, 01:00.
>> Would it not make more sense for it to copy the Received date into
>> the Created date field, if none is given?
ML> No, not to me. I would prefer TB to leave it blank or use an
ML> "abnormal" date/time as it is doing, for I can catch abnormal
ML> messages more easily. I do wish TB allow us to edit received mail
ML> directly, though, as Becky does. So I can change it myself.
Point taken - however, having worked on usability studies in the past
- having to "program" an application to deal with exceptions like that
is the sort of thing mainstream users HATE in programs. So if TB! has
ambitions to enter the mainstream, maybe a configuration option to
"ignore" blank header fields would be a reasonable compromise?
Niels
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