[NTLUG:Discuss] Future dates in smtp *hijacked thread*

[Chris Cox]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
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> How is it that messages can get delivered with future dates? Is that a 
> function of the MUA or MTA? Should MTA's be configured to reject email 
> where the email date is out of a certain boundary -- and against which 
> date would that rejection be considered??
> 

Nope... nothing in the spec for handling this.  So... dates could
be in the future, past, whatever.  Some spam software can be made
to deal with this.