[8183] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.3M: mhmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (pevzner@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 13 15:09:59 1991
From: pevzner@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 91 15:10:30 EDT
System name: w20-575-90
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.3M
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Log Initiated for user Boris Pevzner (pevzner@W20-575-97.MIT.EDU [0]).
[Thu 12-Sep-91 8:36pm]
Topic: mail
Question:
Hi!
I've just discovered that mhmail does not understand the standard UNIX
date format (Ex: "Date: Thu, 12 Sep 15:13:28 1991");
it only recognizes its oun variation (Ex: "Date: Thu, 12 Sep 91 16:09:42 EDT".)
Is there a way to fix this extremely annoying feature
and teach mhmail how to understand both formats?
Thanks,
-Boris
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*** Reply from user pevzner@W20-575-97.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 12-Sep-91 9:03pm]
Let me send you a couple more samples of the formats mh/xmh doesn't
understand:
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 15:13:28 1991
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 18:45:41 1991
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 11:07:08 1991
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 18:22:26 1991
as opposed to the format it does understand:
Date: Fri, 3 May 91 13:30 CDT
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 91 11:27 EDT
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 91 09:17:31 -0400
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 15:57:48 EST
Thanks.
--- Question grabbed by consultant web@NAVIGATOR.MIT.EDU [7].
[Fri 13-Sep-91 2:46pm]
*** Reply from consultant web@NAVIGATOR.MIT.EDU [7].
[Fri 13-Sep-91 2:49pm]
Hi.. unfortunately, there isn't much that you or I can do to fix the problem
with mh and xmh.. it's a problem in the source code... you COULD fix
mh-rmail though if you do some elisp hacking.. the sources for mh-rmail
are in the /usr/athena/lib/gnuemacs/lisp/mh-e.el
what you could do is send in a bug report complaining about this
... type sendbug at the athena% prompt to do this.
