2001-12-03 11:00:00 ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>

[gnus] / lisp / pop3.el

diff --git a/lisp/pop3.el b/lisp/pop3.el
index 9bbc569..ce619c1 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/pop3.el
+++ b/lisp/pop3.el
@@ -244,11 +244,14 @@ If NOW, use that time instead."
                   (looking-at "\001\001\001\001\n") ; MMDF
                   (looking-at "BABYL OPTIONS:") ; Babyl
                   ))
-         (let ((from (mail-strip-quoted-names (mail-fetch-field "From")))
-               (date (split-string (or (mail-fetch-field "Date")
-                                       (pop3-make-date))
-                                   " "))
-               (From_))
+         (let* ((from (mail-strip-quoted-names (mail-fetch-field "From")))
+                (tdate (mail-fetch-field "Date"))
+                (date (split-string (or (and tdate
+                                             (not (string= "" tdate))
+                                             tdate)
+                                        (pop3-make-date))
+                                    " "))
+                (From_))
            ;; sample date formats I have seen
            ;; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 09:04:21 -0400 (EDT)
            ;; Date: 08 Jul 1996 23:22:24 -0400