[TriLUG] email time stamp incorrect

Fri May 19 12:13:42 EDT 2006

Mark,

The problem is definitely with that server.  You can see the +0400 EDT
whcih should be -0400 EDT, hence your 8 hours difference.   ;)

What is sendmail's timezone set to? (TimeZoneSpec= )

-- 
Paul
@ Thy Service

> Paul,
>
> The date/time is still correct:
> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark)
>      by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP;
>      Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 (EDT)
>
> My server is doing something... hmmmmmmmm
>
> The plot thickens ---
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2006 11:19, Paul G. Szabady wrote:
>> Mark,
>>
>>
>> In looking at your headers, it seems like the problem is at the
>> originating machine, 198.205.32.93.  Note the timestamp:
>>
>> Snippet:
>> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark)
>> by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400
>> (EDT)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Start FULL headers:
>> Return-Path: <trilug-bounces at trilug.org>
>> Received: from talon.trilug.org (talon.trilug.org [64.244.27.142])
>> by at.thyservice.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4JF8Sf3005312 for
>> <paul at thyservice.com>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:28 -0400
>> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A1461A1BB2; Fri, 19 May
>> 2006
>> 11:08:26 -0400 (EDT)
>> Received: from talon.trilug.org ([127.0.0.1])
>> by localhost (talon [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id
>> 12817-03-6; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:26 -0400 (EDT)
>> Received: from talon.trilug.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2A4619F6F8; Fri, 19 May
>> 2006
>> 11:08:20 -0400 (EDT)
>> X-Original-To: trilug at trilug.org
>> Delivered-To: trilug at trilug.org
>> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 507F8619F6F4 for
>> <trilug at trilug.org>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:18 -0400 (EDT)
>> Received: from talon.trilug.org ([127.0.0.1])
>> by localhost (talon [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id
>> 12817-03-2 for <trilug at trilug.org>;
>> Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
>> Received: from technicalpublishing.com
>> (rrcs-24-172-58-60.midsouth.biz.rr.com
>> [24.172.58.60])
>> (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
>> (No client certificate requested)
>> by talon.trilug.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF8D619F6EF for
>> <trilug at trilug.org>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
>> Received: from www.adeliesystems.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
>> by technicalpublishing.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4JF87Qe020191
>> for
>> <trilug at trilug.org>; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 -0400
>> Received: from 198.205.32.93 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark)
>> by www.adeliesystems.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400
>> (EDT)
>> Message-ID:
>> <62649.198.205.32.93.1148051288.squirrel at www.adeliesystems.com>
>> In-Reply-To:
>> <197d19990605190805kf23030dl21c67af2cd4a105b at mail.gmail.com>
>> References:
>> <62785.198.205.32.93.1148049186.squirrel at www.adeliesystems.com>
>> <197d19990605190805kf23030dl21c67af2cd4a105b at mail.gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:08:08 +0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] email time stamp incorrect
>> From: "Mark Fowle" <mark at thefowles.com>
>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1
>> MIME-Version: 1.0
>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>> X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for
>> more information X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>> X-TIPS-Mail-Server-MailScanner-From: mark at thefowles.com
>> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on
>> localhost X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at
>> trilug.org X-BeenThere: trilug at trilug.org
>> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
>> Precedence: list
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>> Sender: trilug-bounces at trilug.org
>> Errors-To: trilug-bounces at trilug.org
>> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at trilug.org
>> X-Virus-Status: Clean
>> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on
>> at.thyservice.com X-Spam-Level:
>> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.2 required=2.5
>> tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_06_12 autolearn=no version=2.64 Status: RO
>> X-UID: 132811
>> Content-Length: 2012
>> X-Keywords:
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>> @ Thy Service
>>
>>
>>> thanks - It's definitely my server that's doing it - I just don't know
>>> where to look. The system date and time show correctly, the timezone is
>>> right.... Just not sure where else to look (except inside
>>> sendmail.cf/sendmail.mc) --
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 19, 2006 11:05, Barry Gaskins wrote:
>>>
>>>> I could be wrong but isn't the time stamp on the email set by the
>>>> person sending the email?  Maybe the person who sent you the email has
>>>> the time or timezone set incorrectly on the machine that they sent it
>>>> from.  I dont think the mail server machine sets the timestamp. I do
>>>> notice that your email says that it was sent 8 hours ago (I am looking
>>>> at it using the gmail web interface.)
>>>>
>>>> - Barry Gaskins
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/19/06, Mark Fowle <mark at thefowles.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I receive email from my mail server the time stamp is off by
>>>>> -8
>>>>> hours. The system date/time is correct and so is the timezone -  I
>>>>> am using sendmail on a RHEL 4 server.  Any idea where else I might
>>>>> look?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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