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* Re: Message TimezonesSYS64738
`- Re: Message TimezonesDream Master

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Re: Message Timezones

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From: sys64...@DIBZNET.remove-122v-this (SYS64738)
Subject: Re: Message Timezones
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 by: SYS64738 - Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:54 UTC

To: Dream Master
DM> think I'm trying to compare BBSes and our users to that of business
DM> e-mail and messaging systems (Teams, Slack, Exchange, etc.) where each
DM> is configured to the user's timezone and the BBS is configured to
DM> whatever timezone it is sourced at. Even if we configure everything to
DM> UTC, user offsets could still be a "thing".

Excellent point concerning this already being done by business email servers.
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From: dream.ma...@CAUGHT.remove-qmp-this (Dream Master)
Subject: Re: Message Timezones
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 by: Dream Master - Sat, 2 Apr 2022 03:30 UTC

To: SYS64738
-=> SYS64738 wrote to Dream Master <=-

DM> think I'm trying to compare BBSes and our users to that of business
DM> e-mail and messaging systems (Teams, Slack, Exchange, etc.) where each
DM> is configured to the user's timezone and the BBS is configured to
DM> whatever timezone it is sourced at. Even if we configure everything to
DM> UTC, user offsets could still be a "thing".

SY> Excellent point concerning this already being done by business email
SY> servers.

But, there is a difference, which Rob (DM) is completely accurate about.
Messages are tagged in UTC within corporate e-mail servers. I send a message,
the offset is computed by my client, the server cares less.

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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