Re: Using Gmail on Debian mailing lists
On Saturday 13 March 2021 23:25:53 David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 22:50:48 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 12 March 2021 21:18:16 David Wright wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > Might the OP be useing a hot spot?
>
> Oh, these suggestions were just straws I was grasping at.
>
> For example, someone using a getmail-a-like might latch on
> to the time of that transfer (local time, in localised format …)
> and prefer it to the proper Date:.
>
> And the time of reply would be an obvious consequence of
> evaluating $(date) rather than $(date --date="… …") from
> the Date: field.
>
> > Well, at least it isn't me. KMail has been good for me for around 2
> > decades, and the tde version has been quite solid, generally
> > speaking.
>
> Heh, heh, you'd have heard about it before now. :)
Without a doubt, David, there are folks here who know far more than I
about the finer points. And the proper attitude is to welcome the
education. Unforch, I am observing a huge rejection of that idea over on
the clamav list. And its getting damned boring.
> Cheers,
> David.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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