[X4U] Date modified on email attachments

[stephen e. schwartz]

Almost always when an email comes containing an attachment it shows up in
my attachments folder (where I have instructed Eudora lite 3.1, which
downloads my mail, including attachments, from a pop server; yes still
using old reliable Eudora lite 3.1, on classic; a fine old app) and makes
the "date modified" of the file the date and time the email was received.
This is perfect; new attachments at the top of the folder in "Date
modified" view. Just what I want. Usually works like a champ; I would say
>99.5% of the time.

Occasionally, but rarely, (usually if not always from a mac user, and
consistently from certain correspondents) the date modified of the file
shows up as "Jan 1, 2000, 12:00 AM". It is a nuissance because, of course,
the file disappears at the bottom of a large attachments file.

The sender assures me that the file when it left his machine had date
modified as of today.

Any ideas the cause and the cure?

Classic under OS 10.3, if that matters.

-steve