Time received and time sent on email

[Jaz]

When an email is received there is a received date associated with it.
Also, if you open up the email, there is a sent date associated with it.

Where does that time stamp come from? Is it from the users computer or the
exchange servers computer?

Will those 2 timestamps ALWAYS be the same? What type of scenario would
they be different?

Thanks,
Jasper

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The received and sent stamps are set by different methods. The sent time
stamp is set by the client (Outlook account) server. The received stamp is
set by the server through which the mail is received. If the receiving
server is having problems or the mail is delayed in transport by the sending
server (which may have already set the sent stamp and experienced a problem)
your received time may be different than the set time.

Ever used Yahoo!groups?? Then you have been aware of this problem for a
long time.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Jaz asked:

| When an email is received there is a received date associated with it.
| Also, if you open up the email, there is a sent date associated with
| it.
|
| Where does that time stamp come from? Is it from the users computer
| or the exchange servers computer?
|
| Will those 2 timestamps ALWAYS be the same? What type of scenario
| would they be different?
|
| Thanks,
| Jasper