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Why am I getting replies first

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Subject: Why am I getting replies first
From: Carol Probets <>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:01:15 +1000
Aha! I've just gone into my computer's clock and found that "Daylight
saving time" was checked (even though the time itself was correct). So I've
unchecked it. If the problem still persists can someone please let me know.

While I don't seem to have been getting any messages out of order
(including my recent postings), I suspect my email program (Eudora) is
sorting messages differently than Hotmail does.

Peter, as long as you don't get this reply before you actually SENT the
original email - now that would be something to worry about!

Cheers

Carol



At 5:14 PM +1000 21/9/02, Andrew Taylor wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 12:58:36PM +1000, Peter Ewin wrote:
>> A quick question for all you computer nerds out there. I seem to be
>> regularly getting people's responses to an e-mail before I get the original
>> e-mail. Is there any reason for this? Tony Russell seems to consistently
>> beat the original, as does Carol Proberts. Is it just hotmail, or does
>> anyone else get this happening?
>
>I know nothing about hotmail but I'd guess you are seeing messages sorted
>by the date they claim to have been sent.  The "Date" field in some of
>Carol Probets recent messages is incorrect.  The time is correct but the
>time zone is incorrectly indicated as GMT+11.  The Blue Mountains and the
>rest of eastern Australia is currently on GMT+10.   Effectively  this
>means the date on Carol's messages is an hour earlier than they were
>actually sent.
>
>The problem presumably stems from a changeover from daylight saving
>time which is GMT+11 in  eastern Australia
>






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