From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Fri Mar 14 2008 - 07:49:51 CDT

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AlxFrag:
> Hi,
> i'd like to ask if it is possible to avoid date spoofing in emails.
> Supposing there is a deadline for paper submission through emails, one
> can change the date and time on his mail client and put it in the past.
> The person who receives his email could simply check the mail headers
> and see the true date. An average user might not think to do that.
>
> Is it possible for postfix to write the correct date on the incoming emails?

Conform to RFC 821 and 2821, Postfix provides its own date stamp
in the RECEIVED: message header.

        Wietse

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