[TriLUG] email time stamp incorrect

Fri May 19 12:28:35 EDT 2006

Mark,

I'm going offline for a bit, but, if you can't figure out why sendmail's
pulling the wrong timezone from your machine, you can force a timezone. 
Add the following to your sendmail.mc file and "make" a new sendmail.cf. 
Of course, you'll need to restart sendmail.

entry in sendmail.mc:
define(`confTIME_ZONE', `EST5EDT')dnl

results in sendmail.cf
O TimeZoneSpec=EST5EDT

-- 
Paul
@ Thy Service

> 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
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>>> 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
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>>> --
>>> 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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