PC Win: How the Inbox Received Time Stamp Is SetLast reviewed: June 4, 1996Article ID: Q119089 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen you use Microsoft Mail for Windows, the Inbox contains the message header with the time the message was received. This Inbox time stamp is set by the delivery agent. If the message is from another user on the same postoffice, the time is stamped by the sending client. If the message is from an external postoffice or a downstream postoffice, the time is stamped by the External Mail program (EXTERNAL.EXE). If the message is from a gateway directly serving the postoffice, the time is stamped by the gateway. The External Mail program sometimes does not time stamp messages transferred asynchronously or through an X.25 connection. Therefore, the received time stamp reflects the time when the message was composed and not the time it was received by EXTERNAL.EXE.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This problem was corrected in version 3.2a (which includes EXTERNAL.EXE version 3.2.9). For information on obtaining this update, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
m a i l u p dThere is also a newer version of EXTERNAL.EXE, which is available from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL).
You can find EXTUPD.EXE (size: 531665 bytes) , a self-extracting file, on the followingservices:
ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services |
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20 time stamp external
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