Re: Problem with Outlook Express 6.0 running on Win98

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/28/06, Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti <afvaiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don, thanks for your answer. The problem is she has a "legal" problem
> and needs to "demonstrate" she sent a given mail at a certain date, and
> if she prints it then it shows as having been sent TODAY... which
> doesn't help at all. And her ISP, obviously, does not keep a copy  of
> all mails sent by his clients...
> For the future, she may migrate to Win/XP, or use Mozilla, or whatever,
> but the problem is with mails already sent time ago, and now she can't
> demonstrate she sent that one one year ago, even though she did.
> Thanks anyway,
> Antonio


If I'm a lawyer on the other side, I see holes all over this idea.  I'd
argue that anyone could change the system date & time to fudge a timestamp
on an email.  Heck, hackers could get into the mailfile and change the
timestamp on the email.

But if the other side has offered to take a printed email as proof, well
Bill's suggestion might work.

If the correct date shows up on screen, would a print-screen of the email be
enough proof?

Maybe print the email to a PDF, open up the PDF, select all, copy, open up
Word and paste, then change the sent date and print that?

Good luck, Antonio.

- Dan