[tpop3d-discuss] Help with incorrect received date on microsoft clients

Chris Lightfoot chris at ex-parrot.com
Wed, 29 Oct 2003 18:05:36 +0000


On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 06:22:32PM +0200, Leon Botes wrote:
> System is freebsd 4.7 with up to date sources.
> Mailer is exim 4.24 with mysql
> Pop3 server is TPOP3D 1.5.2
> 
> System was exim 4.10 and tpop3d 1.4.2 before upgrade
> 
> After upgrade of exim and tpop3d clients using outlook or outlook express
> with versions less than 5.5 have the received date of all emails showing 4th
> October 2001.
> The mail is received by exim and dropped correctly into the users mailbox.
> Viewing the mailbox file contents shows no reference to this date only
> correct date headers.
> So telnet into the pop server and view the mail - no reference to this
> incorrect date and all headers correct. Yet when the client draws the mail
> through their mail client with version prior to 5.5 the received dates are
> incorrect. Only the time varies.

IIRC, Outlook Express allows you to look at the original
copy of the mail. Could you tell me what that looks like?

One other question. Received: headers have date lines. Has
their format changed between exim 4.10 and 4.24?

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