I just checked my bulk mail and found dates ranging from June 8, 1963 to January 19, 2038. How are the dates put on emails? I was under the assumption that the date you send an email is the date that will be posted as when it was sent.
2007-07-07 00:53:41 · 10 answers · asked by whalenfree 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The date and time on an e-mail is goverened by the system clock of the sender. So if their system clock is way out, then you receive the mail from what ever time their PC says.
I think spamers alter their system clocks as spam appears in date order and their junk will either be at the top of the bottom of your mail.
2007-07-07 00:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could be for a variety of reasons. The email host server where the email was sent from could be experiencing problems or the computer that the email is being sent from could have the incorrect time.
For example, a friend of mine sent me an email the other day to my Yahoo account. It was dated as 3 weeks old. She checked her computer clock and found that it was incorrect. She reset it and all returned to normal.
2007-07-07 00:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by MLM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cause of this is that the computer were not Y2K ready. When the year 2000 came around the computer bios was not able to accept the change for 2000. So the users rolled back the dates so their computers would not crash
2007-07-07 01:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by rboozer66581 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just plugged in a fax machine that has been in storage for 15 years. It spit out a fax from June, 1992. Thought that was rather wierd. We did not even plug it into a phone line, just the wall.
2007-07-07 00:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, that replaced into my fault. I equipped a time device and went to the destiny. The technologies to unsolicited mail is in basic terms overwhelming for todays filters yet I forgot to alter the date on my new computing gadget. It runs 128000 * intamd seventy 8.3 Thz and abode windows Victory, Jihad version.i'm going to repair it now.
2016-11-08 09:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spammers routinely change the dates on their servers to confuse the people they are spamming. If you continue to read bulk mail, you will get more spam. Just check to see if you know who it's from, but don't read it. If you don't know who it's from, DON'T OPEN IT!
2007-07-07 01:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop worrying! It's just a computer bug, or the sender has late or advanced time!
2007-07-07 01:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shades of the x files or Dr Who here!
2007-07-07 01:13:30 · answer #8 · answered by dansnan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know but can you look up next weeks lotto numbers for me
2007-07-07 00:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by kev l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like someone hasn't been checking their e-mail. tisk tisk tisk
2007-07-07 01:19:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋