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.
