Re: [Exim] How to reject mails written in the future

<-- Warning: charset 'X-UNKNOWN' is not supported -->

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Franz Georg [iso-8859-1] K?hler wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:42:46AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@???> wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:32:48 +0200, Franz Georg =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6hler?= wrote:
> >> Hmm, I thought of flag or a transport option like INN does handle it,
> >> but it seems this is (still?) not implented.
> >>
> >> Don't you consider this as a worthful feature?
> >
> > Personally, no. You're talking about what I think is a cosmetic header,
> > and as such, meaningless to the MTA.
>
> It is common practise on many usenet sites to refuse postings dated in
> the future, refusing those mails would force people to correct their
> date and not me to resort my mailbox...
>
> > Remember that you asked for my opinion, though. :-)
>
> That's my opiniion.

My MUA by default sorts messages by arrival date, rather than the date
in the header. (Actually it doesnt try to do any fancy sorting at all,
since thats the order they are in to begin with)