MBOX-Line: From markrcrispin at panda.com  Thu Apr  2 16:44:16 2009
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <markrcrispin@panda.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:42 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Future INTERNALDATE
In-Reply-To: <1238715476.12172.239.camel@timo-desktop>
References: <1238715476.12172.239.camel@timo-desktop>
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.0904021641300.40001@hsinghsing.panda.com>

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> Any thoughts on if it's a bad idea for server to convert future
> INTERNALDATE timestamps in APPEND parameter to current time?

In my opinion, this is a case of GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out).  Barring 
the invention of time machines, either the client or the server has the 
wrong time.

The server is free to do as it pleases in such a case.  I think that your 
idea of coercing to current time is a fine idea that would probably give 
the best user experience.

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc
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