Importing into Entourage 2008 - Date Loss

[shahman]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I have been trying to import emails from my PC into Entourage and while I have success getting the messages and folders to show up in Entourage the problem is with the date and time.

Everything I import gets tagged with the date and time of the actual import. It could be a message from 2002, but after the import it shows up in Entourage with a the current date and time.

This even happens when I import message from Apple Mail. WTF?!

Someone please help.

 

[Diane Ross]

Everything I import gets tagged with the date and time of the actual import.
It could be a message from 2002, but after the import it shows up in Entourage
with a the current date and time.

Sort by Sent not Received.

 

[shahman]

Sort by Sent not Received.

Diane, are you suggesting that after the import takes place, the "received" date automatically becomes the date and time of the actual import?

And if I changed the view to show "sent" dates then I would be able to see the real dates on these old messages?

-Paras

 

[Diane Ross]

Diane, are you suggesting that after the import takes place, the "received"
date automatically becomes the date and time of the actual import?

Yes. Even if you export a folder as MBOX file and import it back in, it's
the time it was imported that's shown.

And if I changed the view to show "sent" dates then I would be able to see the
real dates on these old messages?

Yup! Try it.