Of course using "date sent" goes out the window with a sequence like this (using Pacific Daylight Time for all):
- Michael sent a message about 1:36 am on 7/22/04 - Paul responded at about 8:06 am on 7/22/04 ---but his computer listed the date sent as 8:06 am on 7/25/04 (one of those time warp instances). - Then Michael responded again at about 3:39 pm on 7/22/04. Sorting by "date sent" shows Michael's final reply before Paul's intermediate explanation. Date Sent is good as long as everybody keeps their computer clocks accurate since that time is set by the sending email client. Date Received is even more problematic since it relies on the date/time when you decide to download the mail from the mail server. So I guess that assuming the internet is moving at near real time, then the time received by your mail server would be the most meaningful in terms of sorting mail. Of course that depends on the server ensuring that its clock is accurate. Jim > From: "Michael J. Kobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:39:18 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Date sent? > > Thanks. That's depressing and sad. I hope that little things like this may > be fixed in a dot release rather than waiting for a major revision. I'll > submit my feedback via the menu item... > > > > >> On 7/22/04 1:36 AM, "Michael J. Kobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm using the nice new 3-column view in Entourage, but the date shown in >>> the second column is only the received date. Is there any way to see the >>> date sent, besides resorting to the old browser view or opening the message >>> in a separate window? >> >> No. Pretty absurd, isn't it? You can still sort by Sent date, you just don't >> see it displayed. Usually you might just see a number of messages all with >> the same (Received) time displayed, when you checked for mail on startup, >> for example, but they will be sorted correctly. Sometimes it's more >> confusing when they appear to be sorted out of order due to a delay in >> transmission. >> >> If it really matters to you, you'll have to go back to the old >> preview-pane-below view. >> >> What I find more annoying is that the other line always displays the "From" >> unless the messages are in an officially designated "Sent Items" folder, >> where they will show the "To". But if you have, as I do, some "Sent" >> subfolders for particular accounts, all the names displayed there are my >> name (the "From") even though they're sent messages. Furthermore, Entourage >> actually knows they're sent messages, since for sent messages - including >> these - the Sent time is displayed - there _is_ no Received time for sent >> messages. I would have thought that Entourage would know enough to display >> Sent time for sent messages - but no, only when they're in an official Sent >> Items folder (local or IMAP/server). > > > -- > [T]his Court's obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate > its own moral code > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
