[Dovecot] mail shown throught outlook, shows todays date

[Curtis Maloney]

bclark wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> 
> I seem to be sitting with an interesting situation where by I need to 
> copy mail from Exchange to dovecot (Maildir)
> 
> I used a mixture of solution (Moz Thunderbird, fetchmail and outlook) to 
> copy and test the mail.

I found it ironic that Outlook was the best tool we had to move our mail to 
IMAP, freeing us from Outlook :)

> The interesting thing is, once I have some mail on the dovecot, the date 
> displayed on Mozilla is correct, but the mail shown throught outlook, 
> shows todays date (thats for all mail).

Each mail has (at least) two dates : the date it was sent (stored in the 
headers), and the date it arrived (in Maildir, the date of the file).  Most 
likely, Mozilla and SquirrelMail are showing the date in the headers, and Outloo 
is showing the arrival date.

This problem has come up a few times, I believe.  As I recall, most mail clients 
allow you to select which date to sort by.  If you can't find the option, it may 
be somewhere in this list's archives.

> Almost seems as Outlook (office 2000) looks at the date / time stamp of 
> the file it self as opposed to opening and reading the mail and reading 
> the necassry tags.

That's my assessment, also.

> If anyone could help me understand this (is this a dovecot issue), I 
> would really appreciate it.

I don't believe it's a dovecot issue, per se.

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Curtis Maloney
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