[SpamCop-List] Re: Tricky!

[Anette]

Mike Easter:

> What you wrote up there is 'ambiguous' to me;  I don't know whether it
> is 2003 Mar 7 or 2003 July 3.

the first as it was yesterday. Not everyone lives in your timezone (where
date notation always is different from ours)
:-)

> If the latter, then 'something' got its date set on the wrong year;  if
> the former, there is more confusion.

see above.

> When SC examines a spam, it does *not* use the date stamped in the Date:
> section, but it uses the date stamped by the topmost received traceline,
> which is usually your own server which you get mail from.

that makes sense; therefore I just didn't get it.

> If your server is stamping its timestamp wrong, your spam will be
> rejected like that.

GMT+1 must make not that difference ?

> It is impossible to describe something as well as pasting the real
> thing.

are you a Vulcan ? I hate wordgames...

anette