Re: Using Gmail on Debian mailing lists
On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 18:36:09 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 12 March 2021 17:13:40 David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 11 Mar 2021 at 15:00:06 (-0700), Charles Curley wrote:
> > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:49:51 -0400 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
> > > > Does it work if I rather put this signature at the end of every
> > > > message?
> > > >
> > > > Time zone: GMT-4
> > > > Months: Ene = Jan ; Abr = Apr ; Ago = Aug ; Dic = Dec
> > >
> > > Actually, the time zone is redundant, as it is indicated in the
> > > time/date stamp on your emails, as indicated above.
> >
> > It only works with the first level of attribution, because the next
> > person to quote the quote may have a different timezone in their
> > header.
> >
> > And that leaves aside the problem of attributions that have been
> > silently converted into the quoter's timezone, with or without a
> > new TZ being specified).
> >
> > Plus, it does appear that there are MUAs that attribute the time
> > of a quote to the time at which the replier *started their reply*
> > to the original email, which is completely bizarre. (There are
> > several such MUAs posting here.)
>
> Care to point some fingers at them?
As long as it's clear I'm pointing at the technology, not the user.
Hot off the press:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/03/msg00735.html
This pair is odd; is the MUA using the time of arrival of the
OP at some location?
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/12/msg00968.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/12/msg00970.html
Cheers,
David.
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