Re: [Evolution] Eudora 7 Outbox mail migration to Evolution

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> 1. Yes an email copied into the Sent folder where the Eudora Outbox
> emails were imported to does show the date normally in the message list.

> To: manfred sanitron com au
> From: Peter Cave <cave tpg com au>
> Subject: USB cro adaptor
> Cc: 
> Bcc: 
> X-Attachments: 
> In-Reply-To: 
> References: 
> Message-Id: <7 1 0 9 0 20110205092124 021be938 tpg com au>
> X-Eudora-Signature: <Alternate>
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:30:32 +1000
> Mime-Version: 1.0


I suspect that it is getting confused by the blank fields - especially
the "In-Reply-To:" & "References:" - RFC2822 [1], which the mbox format
uses as a specification for the messages within it, specifies that there
must be at least 1 msg-id in both those fields if they are present.
Whether Evo is that strict is something that a developer would have to
answer; there is also some merit in saying that if it is the case that
that's the problem, then Evo should be more lenient.

As a test you could try shuting down Evo completely (i.e. use "evolution
--force-shutdown") and edit the relevant Evo mbox file to remove the
lines with blank fields.  (Making sure you have a backup copy of the
file, just in case.)  Start up Evo again and see if the date is now
correct.

P.

[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822