is there a way to spoof the date of an email?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:47 am

Is there way to make an email that I send show an earlier date that it was sent at? Like if I send an email today, is it possible to make its "sent" date March 9th? Maybe by changing my computer clock?

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:48 am

i don't know if that can be done with smtp or not.

and changing your computer clock???

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:49 am

edit: Just think about it for a minute. Really.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:08 am

Well changing my computer clock does work actually, look, this is a test email I sent myself at 9:47 pm:

From : ...
Sent : March 10, 2006 6:47:11 PM
To : ...
Subject : test email

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:14 am

hey, if its that simple to do it, more power to you. but there are some other issues yuo are overlooking.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:19 am

ToxicBug wrote:Well changing my computer clock does work actually, look, this is a test email I sent myself at 9:47 pm:

From : ...
Sent : March 10, 2006 6:47:11 PM
To : ...
Subject : test email

Now try setting your clock back to the 8th and send me an email.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:20 am

I've just sent an email to ur hotmail account, check it if u can, it should date from the year 2000.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:21 am

tnf wrote:hey, if its that simple to do it, more power to you. but there are some other issues yuo are overlooking.

I've just sent an email to ur hotmail account, check it if u can, it should date from the year 2000.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:22 am

scourge34 wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Well changing my computer clock does work actually, look, this is a test email I sent myself at 9:47 pm:

From : ...
Sent : March 10, 2006 6:47:11 PM
To : ...
Subject : test email
Now try setting your clock back to the 8th and send me an email.

sent to ur hotmail

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:23 am

Damn, just noticed my profile is only showing my hotmail. :icon8:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:26 am

so? can u check it?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:26 am

ToxicBug wrote:
scourge34 wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Well changing my computer clock does work actually, look, this is a test email I sent myself at 9:47 pm:

From : ...
Sent : March 10, 2006 6:47:11 PM
To : ...
Subject : test email
Now try setting your clock back to the 8th and send me an email.
sent to ur hotmail

Haven't gotten it, maybe it's stuck in a time loop.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:30 am

check the junkmail

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:32 am

0 of 0 delivered. I haven't gotten junk mail in my hotmial account in some time. I don't use it anymore. Don't know why it's the only one showing up in my profile.

eidt: Doh!! got it sorted.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:33 am

give me ur real email or whatever then, to make sure that it makes it...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:34 am

jwivie at cox dot net.

edit: irrelevant though, I have them all going to the same place including the hotmail.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:37 am

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:38 am

blaha, so it works.Sent march 8, 2006. Wonder how that goes by the postmaster and all that. Learn something new every day.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:41 am

lol Toxic, aren't going to make that essay deadline then?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:45 am

Well you know he's got to try every trick in the book.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:46 am

Massive Quasars wrote:lol Toxic, aren't going to make that essay deadline then?

lol I guess not

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:48 am

But you know there's got to be something under the visible surface that actually shows when the email was written and sent. Like a watermark or someshit like that.

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:52 am

ToxicBug wrote:
tnf wrote:hey, if its that simple to do it, more power to you. but there are some other issues yuo are overlooking.
I've just sent an email to ur hotmail account, check it if u can, it should date from the year 2000.

Here...see if you can spot the problem...i only cut and pasted a little:

ToxicBug
Sent : Saturday, March 11, 2000 3:19 AM
To : <tnf_alpha@
Subject : look at the date of this email tnf

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]) by bay0-mc7-f15.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:19:25 -0800
Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i4so172949wra for <tnf_alpha@>; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:19:25 -0800 (PST)

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:53 am

tnf wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:
tnf wrote:hey, if its that simple to do it, more power to you. but there are some other issues yuo are overlooking.
I've just sent an email to ur hotmail account, check it if u can, it should date from the year 2000.
Here...see if you can spot the problem...i only cut and pasted a little:

ToxicBug <toxicbug@gmail.com>
Sent : Saturday, March 11, 2000 3:19 AM
To : <tnf_alpha@hotmail.com>
Subject : look at the date of this email tnf

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]) by bay0-mc7-f15.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:19:25 -0800
Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i4so172949wra for <tnf_alpha@hotmail.com>; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:19:25 -0800 (PST)

That's the wierd thing, on mine it says sent March 8

Post by **tnf** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:54 am

Forget the sent part, look at the other info.