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Timestamps in message list wrong Mac OSX 10.6
Found a small problem with the Mac version of M2 version 11.51 displaying the wrong timestamp of messages. Seems it like 0700-0752 or 1900-1952 for all messages listed. Looking at the email full headers does show proper timestamp with utc offset, also if I use a WinXP machine the timestamps are correctly displayed.All messages are on IMAP servers (Fastmail, gmx and gmail). Confirmed proper timestamp display with Mail.app, Mulberry and Alpine on the same MBP. Seems to point to a small bug?
Reset mail panel, appearance (in case of a bad skin etc), no joy.
Has anyone else run into this? If so what can I do to fix?
Thank you.
Using a different locale in Opera compared to what you use in your OS? Did you make sure the time, date and time zone are correct for your OS?
Try the "standalone installation" option in the 11.51 installer (if it's available for mac or do it manually if not) and install to a folder on your desktop.
Setup the IMAP accounts in that Opera but don't import anything. If it's not messed up in this Opera, replace this Opera's mail folder with a copy of your original mail folder. If things are messed up then, the problem is in your mail folder. If not, the problem is probably with your original profile. If things are messed up right in the beginning with the standalone Opera, it's either bug or something on your OS that's off.
Try the "standalone installation" option in the 11.51 installer (if it's available for mac or do it manually if not) and install to a folder on your desktop.
Setup the IMAP accounts in that Opera but don't import anything. If it's not messed up in this Opera, replace this Opera's mail folder with a copy of your original mail folder. If things are messed up then, the problem is in your mail folder. If not, the problem is probably with your original profile. If things are messed up right in the beginning with the standalone Opera, it's either bug or something on your OS that's off.
Originally posted by burnout426:
Using a different locale in Opera compared to what you use in your OS? Did you make sure the time, date and time zone are correct for your OS?
This would make sense if the timestamps are not always between 0700-0759 hr (am or pm), the offset would be different. No matter when the mail was sent the timestamp is never outside the 7-8am or 7-8pm timeframe.
Will try re-installation to USB key (different volume name). This was a clean installation - brand new device. Back to the drawing board. WIll update
Well I tried to install Opera on the USD drive - no joy would use the preferences from the user profile. Does not support a 'portable' type of install.
Then I tried to uninstall Opera, removed all traces in the user preference areas and reinstalled with just one IMAP account. Same results timestamps only between 7-8am or 7-8pm . Funny part is if I viewed all headers the proper timestamps are there. Alpine, Apple Mail and Mulberry would display the proper timestamps from the same machine. This would to me rule out a system OS fault.
The last time I did was a full backup and wipe then install of the OS. No joy still the same problem. I did use the Opera Link to transfer bookmarks, passwords etc from my main desktop (WinXP).
Since the steps have not helped, will disable email accounts within Opera for now and wait for the next version unless someone can offer thoughts on what to check.
Then I tried to uninstall Opera, removed all traces in the user preference areas and reinstalled with just one IMAP account. Same results timestamps only between 7-8am or 7-8pm . Funny part is if I viewed all headers the proper timestamps are there. Alpine, Apple Mail and Mulberry would display the proper timestamps from the same machine. This would to me rule out a system OS fault.
The last time I did was a full backup and wipe then install of the OS. No joy still the same problem. I did use the Opera Link to transfer bookmarks, passwords etc from my main desktop (WinXP).
Since the steps have not helped, will disable email accounts within Opera for now and wait for the next version unless someone can offer thoughts on what to check.
Originally posted by aderoy:
Well I tried to install Opera on the USD drive - no joy would use the preferences from the user profile. Does not support a 'portable' type of install.
See <http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2011/09/28/core-bookmark-star>. Try with that build with the -pd "path to folder" switch.
Originally posted by aderoy:
Same results timestamps only between 7-8am or 7-8pm
Opera uses the Date header. Is that what you're looking at in the source of the messages, or are you looking at some other header like "Received" or "Delivery-Date"?
Save the following as test.mbs using Windows newline format:
From: from@example.com To: to@example.com Subject: Test Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:13:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 test
(Make sure there's a blank line after "test".)
Goto "Menu -> settings -> import and export -> import mail -> import generic mbox" and import the test.mbs into a new account. Then, open that message. Is that message's date off too?
I don't have a Mac so all I can do is guess.
Yes I was looking at the date header in the file, not received or delivery times. Seems odd that it would only display the timestamps in the message list between those two hours.
Did the Export of the files and re-imported into a local Opera account = same results wrong timestamps
Imported the file in Mulberry = correct timestamps
Since it is Fastmail via IMAP I am able to view the mailstore from my WinXP Opera v11.51 and the timestamps are good.
Looked at the exported file with emacs, and the timestamps are correct for the first 100 that I checked.
Points to Opera M2 v11.51 on Mac OSX 10.6.
Did not wish to install a beta on the machine incase of data lost which I can not have for the mailstore. Maybe I will load the older version 11.50 which did not have the problem IIRC.
Thank you.
Did the Export of the files and re-imported into a local Opera account = same results wrong timestamps
Imported the file in Mulberry = correct timestamps
Since it is Fastmail via IMAP I am able to view the mailstore from my WinXP Opera v11.51 and the timestamps are good.
Looked at the exported file with emacs, and the timestamps are correct for the first 100 that I checked.
Points to Opera M2 v11.51 on Mac OSX 10.6.
Did not wish to install a beta on the machine incase of data lost which I can not have for the mailstore. Maybe I will load the older version 11.50 which did not have the problem IIRC.
Thank you.
Found the problem! Fixed and now I am happy camper.
Seems Opera does not like customized date formats with mail - was using ISO standard timestamps (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss). Why it worked with Mulberry, Apple Mail is unknown. Why when looking at the mail headers the timestamps were good, in the column now so much so.
Reset to normal 'Canada' 24 hour and now timestamps are good.
Thank you for all the help in making this happen. Favourite program (Opera) and favourite mail app (M2) fully operational.
Enjoy!
Seems Opera does not like customized date formats with mail - was using ISO standard timestamps (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss). Why it worked with Mulberry, Apple Mail is unknown. Why when looking at the mail headers the timestamps were good, in the column now so much so.
Reset to normal 'Canada' 24 hour and now timestamps are good.
Thank you for all the help in making this happen. Favourite program (Opera) and favourite mail app (M2) fully operational.
Enjoy!
Originally posted by aderoy:
Found the problem! Fixed and now I am happy camper.Seems Opera does not like customized date formats with mail - was using ISO standard timestamps (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss). Why it worked with Mulberry, Apple Mail is unknown. Why when looking at the mail headers the timestamps were good, in the column now so much so.
Thanks for the update. I'll try to find out if it's a bug or just something Opera doesn't support.
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