2007-02-14 12:51:33 · 5 answers · asked by carol_72753 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The person sending those have their date on their computer back then.
2007-02-14 12:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I wish I had the answer but I have a similar problem except mine comes from the future. Ha Ha! I've been getting tons of junk mail dated in the year 2038 for months now.
Why and how does this happen?
I just cheated and asked a question in an answer.
2007-02-14 12:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by Edward S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't find anything about this, but I suspect that it is spam trying to bypass some filters because majority of computers don't understand dates prior to January 1, 1970 known as the unix epoch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time .The windows epoch cannot understand times prior to January 1, 1601. http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/apidocs/org/apache/poi/hpsf/Util.html but I can't set my XP date before 1980. http://forums.devshed.com/mail-server-help-111/back-dated-email-162772.html
2007-02-14 13:14:28 · answer #3 · answered by BigJohnny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sender must have altered the date on their system when sending.
2007-02-14 12:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by iiboogeymanii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's spam.
They're trying to make you look at them.
Depending oun your email program, you might be able to filter them out.
2007-02-14 12:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋