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Walt
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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:06 pm Post subject: Date Display and Sort Bug |
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MW Pro doesn't consistantly display the date and time
stamp correctly.
Header error example:
Date: Wed, 21 May 03 15:42:14 GMT
Yields a display of:
"Wed, 21 May 03 15:42:14 GMT"
In contrast, a header good example:
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 00:49:48 -0700 (PDT)
Yields a display of:
21 May 2003, 3:49am
Of course, given the two different display formats,
the column doesn't get sorted correctly.
Can MW Pro be fixed to be able to read both formats
of the Date: header line correctly and consistantly?
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stan_qaz
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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This has been reported before and is due to mailservers sending the date in a non-RFC compliant format. It hasn't risen to the top of the bug pile for fixing so I welcome your reporting it again, it's my second biggest frustration right behind no recieved date column...
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Walt
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| stan_qaz wrote: | | ... and is due to mailservers sending the date in a non-RFC compliant format. |
At least for me, the primary difference, is that this non-compliant date format uses a two digit year instead of a four digit year.
While not at the top of the bug fix list, it should be a rather easy bug to fix.
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stan_qaz
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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How much of your spam comes in with bogus date formats? Mine is up to over 50% the last few days! No valid e-mails came in wrong during the same period.
This might be a good thing to add to the spam checking or in your filters....
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Walt
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 11:11 am Post subject: |
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About 15 to 20% of my email comes through with the "other" date format.
However, some of that is legitimate email.
You got me curious. Just how does one write a MW Pro "filter" which can detect or sort on date formats?
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stan_qaz
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure, I was hoping for a suggestion from some of the filter gurus here...
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