Timestamps

[Koffie]

When using the Zimbra Web client, does the timestamp in my "Received" column represent the time when my mail server received the email, or does it represent the sending mail server's time?

I know the timestamp in the opened email (Including the date) represents the sender's client time (Outlook in this case).

Can someone please shed some light on the matter.

Apologies for the n00b question.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Koffie

When using the Zimbra Web client, does the timestamp in my "Received" column represent the time when my mail server received the email, or does it represent the sending mail server's time

It represents the time of the Timezone you're in, you need to look at the headers for the exact time received at the server (or the log files).

[NOTE]I've edited that answer from the one you've received via the forums - sort for the confusion.

[Koffie]

Thanks Phoenix!

So the header shows the exact time when received, and obviously the header is generated by the sending server, thus it represents that servers time?

I take it my mail server's log then shows the time it received the email.

In other words if the sender's server has the wrong time, that incorrect time will be displayed on my web client? (And the "received" time merely shows when it received the mail according to my timezone)

So broken down, when I open the email it shows the sender's client time. In my received column it shows the time it was received according to my timezone. In the email's header it shows the time the sender's server sent it. In my log it shows when my mail server actually received it.

Is that correct?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Koffie

Thanks Phoenix!

So the header shows the exact time when received, and obviously the header is generated by the sending server, thus it represents that servers time?

I take it my mail server's log then shows the time it received the email.

In other words if the sender's server has the wrong time, that incorrect time will be displayed on my web client? (And the "received" time merely shows when it received the mail according to my timezone)

So broken down, when I open the email it shows the sender's client time. In my received column it shows the time it was received according to my timezone. In the email's header it shows the time the sender's server sent it. In my log it shows when my mail server actually received it.

Is that correct?

Effectively what you see is the time (they will all appear as 'received by') it is received from the mail client at the first mail server then the time it is received at each server that it passes through. That information is all in the headers of the email (it should list the time plus the local timezone when it was received) and they go in order from the bottom to the top of the list you'll see when you do a Show Original, the time you see in the received Web UI is your local timezone. Iif you're interested, there are lots of sites that cover how to check email headers - here's a few of them:

Email Headers - How To Understand & Read Email Headers
Tracking the source of email spam
Analyzing e-mail headers and tracking e-mail
How to Trace a Spammer's Web Site

[Koffie]

Thanks Phoenix!

That's everything I need.

[andi89s]

Hi, don´t know if I´m right here. but I have the Problem that all my mails (which I receive with fetchmail into my local zimbra server) show me the time in the zimbra interface from my local zimbra server, when they arrive into it, and not the time from my isp (so the original time).
I have checked my Message header, and ther I can see that the original time is still there, but the zimbra webinterface and zimbra desktop client shows me both the time time from my zimbra server.

When I connect Thunderbird over IMAP or POP3 to my zimbra Server, Thunderbird shows me the original time.

Is this a bug or do I have to modify something in the interface or the zimbra desktop client?