[TriLUG] email time stamp incorrect

Fri May 19 04:58:48 EDT 2006

Paul,

Thanks - I will give this a try. I just can't find where its pulling it from.

- Mark

On Fri, May 19, 2006 12:28, Paul G. Szabady wrote:
> 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>
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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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