Re: received date differs

2009-06-02 Thread Simon Waters 
The date inside the mail (on the "Date:" header) was for February.

Since spam is junk there is no reason to expect this date to be valid, 
spammers frequently use future or past dates to end up at the top or the 
bottom of the in tray and thus more prominent and more likely to be read.

Sometimes it is simply because the date is set wrong on the computer sending 
the email.

SpamAssassin uses dates in future and distant past as an indication of 
likelihood that an email is spam.

It is spam - hit delete and move on - unless you need a better spam filter.

 Simon

Re: received date differs

2009-06-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt 
* K bharathan :
> i find myself dumb on this
> appreciate an explanation

"Date:" is just a header - meaning the user can specify it, just like
"To:", "Subject:" or "Cc:". It need not be correct.

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Ralf Hildebrandt
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Re: received date differs

2009-06-02 Thread K bharathan 
i find myself dumb on this
appreciate an explanation




On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt <
ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote:

> * K bharathan :
> > the attached is a header of a spam mail; i found the dates are different
> and
> > delivered today; but inbox date shows 13/02/2009;
> >  what could have gone wrong?
>
> Nothing.
>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:52 - (GMT)
>
> --
> Ralf Hildebrandt
> Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung   Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155
> http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de
> All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of
> data leaves a trail.The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can
> leave the clearest trail of all.  -- Dr. Kio Masada
>

Re: received date differs

2009-06-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt 
* K bharathan :
> the attached is a header of a spam mail; i found the dates are different and
> delivered today; but inbox date shows 13/02/2009;
>  what could have gone wrong?

Nothing.

> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:52 - (GMT)

-- 
Ralf Hildebrandt
Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung   Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155
http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de
All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of
data leaves a trail.The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can
leave the clearest trail of all.  -- Dr. Kio Masada

received date differs

2009-06-02 Thread K bharathan 
the attached is a header of a spam mail; i found the dates are different and
delivered today; but inbox date shows 13/02/2009;
 what could have gone wrong?

Return-path: 
Received: from relay1.xxx.xx by xxx.xx
(MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.3.R)
with ESMTP id md50004123477.msg
for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:16:30 +0200
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by relay1.xxx.xx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FFA1612E3
for ; Tue,  2 Jun 2009 07:13:45 +0200 (SAST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xxx.xx
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: 2.84
X-Spam-Level: **
X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.84 required=5 tests=[AWL=2.840]
Received: from relay1.xxx.xx ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (relay1.xxx.xx [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with ESMTP id 7yXI2LtMotWe for ;
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Received: from squirrelmail.ajusco.upn.mx
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Received: from 61.142.248.246
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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:52 - (GMT)
Message-ID: <
2828.61.142.248.246.1234504132.squir...@squirrelmail.ajusco.upn.mx>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:52 - (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend
From: "Mr. Su Ning" 
Reply-To: suning45su...@yahoo.cn
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MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Importance: Normal
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
X-Spam-Processed: mail.xxx.xx, Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:16:30 +0200
(not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source)
X-MDRcpt-To: l...@xxx.xx
X-Rcpt-To: l...@xxx.xx
X-Return-Path: suning125n...@yahoo.com.hk
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help appreciated
thanks