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Wrong date [Was: Re: Injudicious Use of Stock Photo] [message #419709] Sun, 19 March 2023 16:28 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: Carlos E.R.

On 2023-03-19 18:11, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:08:51 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>>> On 1970-01-01 01:00, Jan van den Broek wrote:
>>>
>>> --***********
>>>
>>> What's up with your clock?
>>>
>>> It is this header you put:
>>>
>>> Reply-By: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00
>
> He might have added that manually. May be to see if anyone looks into
> headers of posts.

Not normally, but Thunderbird is saying that the date of those posts is
1970, it is visible in the display panel. So I looked inside, and saw:


Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Injudicious Use of Stock Photo
Organization: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Hobby Boeddhisten

Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:03:51 CET
Message-ID: <jfi.64162737.42.fortytwo@xs4all.nl>
X-No-Ahbou: yes
X-Timestamp: 64162737
X-Newsreader: Jan's fantastische newsreader
X-mas: in 282 days.
Reply-By: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00
X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
X-Question: never, never known not even by many to exist
X-rays: Do not expose this message to X-rays.
X-Answer: 42
X-Message-Flag: Your mailbox is corrupt. Upgrade your mail software.

All those are headers he created on purpose.


Lines: 25
Injection-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:03:49 +0100
Injection-Info: news.kpn.nl; mail-complaints-to="abuse@kpn.com"
X-Received-Bytes: 2044
Xref: Telcontar.valinor alt.folklore.computers:38089


--
Cheers, Carlos.
Re: Wrong date [Was: Re: Injudicious Use of Stock Photo] [message #419710 is a reply to message #419709] Sun, 19 March 2023 17:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Andy Burns is currently offline  Andy Burns
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Carlos E.R. wrote:

> Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>
>> He might have added that manually. May be to see if anyone looks into
>> headers of posts.
>
> Not normally, but Thunderbird is saying that the date of those posts is
> 1970, it is visible in the display panel. So I looked inside, and saw:
>
> Reply-By: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00

Indeed, what are you even meant to do with a Reply-By: header on usenet?

<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1327#section-5.3.4>

Thankfully its a long time since I had to think about X.400
Re: Wrong date [Was: Re: Injudicious Use of Stock Photo] [message #419718 is a reply to message #419709] Mon, 20 March 2023 11:23 Go to previous message
D.J. is currently offline  D.J.
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:28:03 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-03-19 18:11, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:08:51 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 1970-01-01 01:00, Jan van den Broek wrote:
>>>>
>>>> --***********
>>>>
>>>> What's up with your clock?
>>>>
>>>> It is this header you put:
>>>>
>>>> Reply-By: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00
>>
>> He might have added that manually. May be to see if anyone looks into
>> headers of posts.
>
> Not normally, but Thunderbird is saying that the date of those posts is
> 1970, it is visible in the display panel. So I looked inside, and saw:
>
>
> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
> From: Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: Injudicious Use of Stock Photo
> Organization: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Hobby Boeddhisten
>
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:03:51 CET
> Message-ID: <jfi.64162737.42.fortytwo@xs4all.nl>
> X-No-Ahbou: yes
> X-Timestamp: 64162737
> X-Newsreader: Jan's fantastische newsreader
> X-mas: in 282 days.
> Reply-By: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00
> X-Order: Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
> X-Question: never, never known not even by many to exist
> X-rays: Do not expose this message to X-rays.
> X-Answer: 42
> X-Message-Flag: Your mailbox is corrupt. Upgrade your mail software.
>
> All those are headers he created on purpose.

And I have a silly organization line.
--
Jim
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