Subject: Y2K warning while fetching fetchmail 5.3.8
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: David W. Talmage <talmage@ricochet.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/06/2000 21:12:01
What may I infer from a complaint by ftp like this:

	Y2K warning! Incorrect time-val `191000421081202' received from server.
	Converted to `20000421081202'
	221 Goodbye.

ftp said this after downloading the tarball for fetchmail 5.3.8.

May I rely on the integrity of the tarball?  Is it safe for me to use or must 
I wait until the server in question fixes its time?

For the curious, here is the full transcript:

talmage.madison.dynip.com% cd /usr/pkgsrc/mail/fetchmail
/home/pkgsrc/mail/fetchmail
talmage.madison.dynip.com% sudo make
Password:
=> fetchmail-5.3.8.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system.
=> Attempting to fetch fetchmail-5.3.8.tar.gz from 
ftp://ftp.ccil.org/pub/esr/fetchmail/.
Connected to locke.ccil.org.
220 locke.ccil.org FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Fri Jan 17 12:05:30 MST 1997) 
ready.
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
200 Type set to I.
250 CWD command successful.
250 CWD command successful.
250-Please read the file README
250-  it was last modified on Fri Apr 21 04:16:58 2000 - 15 days ago
250 CWD command successful.
local: fetchmail-5.3.8.tar.gz remote: fetchmail-5.3.8.tar.gz
500 'EPSV': command not understood.
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,190,237,102,14,184)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for fetchmail-5.3.8.tar.gz (718982 
bytes).
100% |*************************************|   702 KB    0.76 KB/s    00:00 ETA
226 Transfer complete.
718982 bytes received in 15:14 (0.76 KB/s)
Y2K warning! Incorrect time-val `191000421081202' received from server.
Converted to `20000421081202'
221 Goodbye.
talmage.madison.dynip.com% date
Sat May  6 21:03:40 EDT 2000