Gmail Custom Time

Chris Brandsma

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Apr 1, 2008, 11:24:47 AM4/1/08

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I think this is the Gmail version of an April fools joke...

GMail Custom Time: Be on time, every time

https://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

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Jim McKeeth

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Apr 1, 2008, 12:25:06 PM4/1/08

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The thing is, you can set the sent time to any date & time on outgoing emails. Some email servers ignore that tough (like Exchange) and set it to the time it received the email. I used to hack my emails to send them as much as 24 hours in either direction.

This isn't that amazing of a feature.

Chris Brandsma

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Apr 1, 2008, 12:30:50 PM4/1/08

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Sounds like when I used to log into port 25 and send emails from Santa Claus and the Easter Bun to theology students in college.

Tom Davis

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Apr 1, 2008, 12:59:16 PM4/1/08

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On Apr 1, 10:25 am, "Jim McKeeth" <j...@mckeeth.org> wrote:
> The thing is, you can set the sent time to any date & time on outgoing
> emails. Some email servers ignore that tough (like Exchange) and set it to
> the time it received the email. I used to hack my emails to send them as
> much as 24 hours in either direction.
>
> This isn't that amazing of a feature.

Using the e-flux capacitor is what makes it amazing! I guess that,
with Google's new solar energy initiatives, they are finally able to
get the 1.21 gigawatts necessary to power this feature.

Jim McKeeth

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Apr 1, 2008, 1:04:34 PM4/1/08

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I thought it was jigiwats. . . .

Tom Davis

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Apr 1, 2008, 1:14:03 PM4/1/08

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On Apr 1, 11:04 am, "Jim McKeeth" <j...@mckeeth.org> wrote:
> I thought it was jigiwats. . . .
>

> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Tom Davis <virtualtomda...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Using the e-flux capacitor is what makes it amazing! I guess that,
> > with Google's new solar energy initiatives, they are finally able to
> > get the 1.21 gigawatts necessary to power this feature.

That was how Doc Brown pronounced it...

And on a related note, in case anyone stumbles across a site with
similarly amazing features, here's the central list some enterprising
person has put together:

http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html

Nathan Logan

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Apr 1, 2008, 1:50:42 PM4/1/08

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And they sent them to you from God?

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