+ "Claudiu Balciza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| qmail 1.03 on redhat 5.2
|
| I sent myself an e-mail at 17:01
| I got it back instantly marked as received at 20.01
| The server time was 17:01
|
| why is that ?
+ "Soffen, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| qmail works in UTC time.
|
| I am assuming you are -3.00 GMT ?
Well, the mail is marked as +0300, which is consistent with the .ro
sender domain. So it really *should* be coming back marked received
at 14:01. But let's look at some headers:
| Received: from unknown (HELO digital.altex.ro) (194.102.95.84)
| by muncher.math.uic.edu with SMTP; 26 May 1999 14:17:06 -0000
| Received: (qmail 26260 invoked from network); 26 May 1999 17:05:32 -0000
| Received: from claudiu.altex.ro (10.1.0.3)
| by mail.altex.ro with SMTP; 26 May 1999 17:05:32 -0000
| Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:05:55 +0300
| X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211
These headers show that mail.altex.ro's clock is running local
time, rather than UTC as is common on unix systems. The message
originated at a Windows machine. I believe their clocks always run
local time? In any case, the explanation for the 3 hour warp in the
wrong direction is probably in there somewhere. In any case, I would
strongly recommend always running unix clocks at UTC.
- Harald
