Subj : Unixtime in M_GOT frames
To : Andrew Leary
From : Oli
Date : Sun Nov 10 2019 09:35 am
Ol>> Every mailer should reject that M_GOT, the value doesn't make any
Ol>> sense.
AL> Incidentally, I discovered that the timestamp of that file on disk was
AL> showing as November 25, 1961, so it should be a negative value.
AL> Converting the decimal to hex yields FFFF FFFF F0C4 3650, which in 2's
AL> complement notation is -255576496. A quick Unix time conversion
AL> results in Sat 25 Nov 1961 10:31:44 PM UTC. Therefore, it appears
AL> that the value is a correct 64-bit Unixtime for the file timestamp as
AL> it was on disk.
I didn't expect that SIOREG.ZIP is that old ;-). It makes more sense now. The
question is which of the two mailers doesn't handle the negative unix timestamp
well.