#3878: mtime to -1 for about 1% of the mails
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Reporter: uxmutt | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: maildir/mh | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: utime mtime
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Comment (by vinc17):
Replying to [comment:5 code@…]:
> Granted, it's unlikely most users will have e-mails dating from
> approximately New Years 1970, since e-mail wasn't invented until 1971,
> but... =8^)
IMHO, for any e-mail with a date before the Epoch, this date should be
regarded as invalid (and one won't be able to set the mtime to a value
before the Epoch). So, the patch looks fine to me.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3878#comment:6>
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