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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] upas/fs
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:31:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f535c36d9c93be8d397f508a91c68a0@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080611235949.432381E8C22@holo.morphisms.net>

>> by the way, does anyone know the rationale for the date on the
>> unix "From " line?  upas sets it to the date the message is originally
>> delivered to the inbox.  moving it from the inbox to another folder
>> does not change the date.
>
> the date is the date it was delivered.
> it's a receiver-side postmark.
> but you knew that.  what's your question?

right.  since the date is attached when delivered to a mailbox,
why doesn't this date change when it's delivered to a secondary
mailbox?  why is the assignment a magical property of the inbox?

- erik




  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-12  2:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-11 20:06 [9fans] store 9p session-only values using lib9p gdiaz
2008-06-11 20:48 ` Russ Cox
2008-06-11 20:58   ` gdiaz
2008-06-11 23:44 ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12  0:01   ` [9fans] upas/fs Russ Cox
2008-06-12  2:31     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-06-12  2:59       ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2008-06-12  8:34   ` [9fans] store 9p session-only values using lib9p gdiaz
2008-06-12 10:04     ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 10:24       ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2008-06-12 10:28         ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2008-06-12 10:39         ` gdiaz
2008-06-12 10:43           ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2008-06-12 10:55             ` gdiaz
2008-06-12 11:04               ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2008-06-12 11:11                 ` gdiaz
2008-06-12 17:16                 ` lucio
2008-06-12 12:25         ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 12:32           ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 14:03           ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2008-06-12 14:25             ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 14:49               ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2008-06-12 14:55                 ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2008-06-12 15:06                 ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 17:12         ` lucio
2008-06-12 10:26       ` gdiaz
2008-06-12 11:09         ` erik quanstrom
2008-06-12 13:29           ` gdiaz
2008-06-12 14:10           ` Russ Cox
2008-06-12 14:10             ` erik quanstrom

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