From: Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:32:50 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Details about parsing the Date: field.
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Details about parsing the Date: field.
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diff --git a/mymail.1 b/mymail.1
index cd76dc1..72c3907 100644
--- a/mymail.1
+++ b/mymail.1
@@ -164,9 +164,13 @@ The search in the mail bodies does not decode mimencoding mails, hence
 will not catch patterns in encoded text.
 
 The mbox format is not clear for multipart messages, since the ^"From
-" lines are not always quoted properly (at least the ones I use for
+" may not always be quoted properly (at least the ones I use for
 testing).
 
+The date format for the ^Date: field is not standardized, and may not
+be parsed properly, in which case the time stamp from the mail leading
+^"From " will be used.
+
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 
 Written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org> and distributed