Check your time zone, I had this problem once the time was right but the location was wrong. So the email server corrects the time for GM standard. As the the other problem try a cache clean or preference dump. BG On May 11, 2004, at 9:49 PM, Thomas Bridgeland wrote: > I am using Mail for e-mail. Recently it has become unreliable. It > disappears from the Dock at random intervals, and crashes sometimes. > Also, it does not know the time or date. The time and date displayed > on the iBook are correct, but on messages I send it is wrong. I just > BCCed a message and the time was off by four hours in the returned > e-mail. In the 'Sent' box I checked the e-mail and it showed the > correct time. OS 10.2 > > Any hints? > ************************** Brian G Personal Mail briang113 at pacbell.net