On our LAMP server, whenever our php application sends emails out, the date on the emails is Wed, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm, which I figure to be UNIX time for ZERO, adjusted (?) for time zone? Maybe.

For some recipients this is a major problem, because the mail automatically gets sorted to the very bottom of their inbox, never to see the light of day again.

I doubt this has anything to do with the problem, but here's the code that sends the email out (simplified):

<?php

include_once("newsite.php");
include_once("newdatabase.php");
include_once("htmlMimeMail.php");

function email($resp) {
$subject = "Status Update";
// create email object
$mail = new htmlMimeMail();
);

// Add the text, html and embedded images.
$html_data = fetch_page("email_contents", $assigns);
$mail->setHtml($html_data);

// Set some headers
$mail->setFrom('"My Website" <me@mysite.com>');
$mail->setSubject($subject);
$mail->setHeader('X-Mailer', 'HTML Mime mail');

// Send it using SMTP.
$mail->setBcc("scott.williams@fidello.net");

$result = $mail->send(array($resp->resp_email), "smtp");

if (!$result) {
echo "<li><font color=red>Error: $mail->errors</font></li>";
}
return $result;
}

if ($sendit) {
error_reporting(E_ALL || ~E_NOTICE);
$recs = $db->get_results("SELECT * FROM user WHERE email_sent IS NULL");
foreach($recs as $rec) {
echo "<li>email sent to $rec->user_name";
if (email($rec)) {
$db->query("UPDATE user SET email_sent=now() WHERE user_name=$rec->user_name");
}
$row++;
}
echo "<li>$row emails sent";

}

?>

Any ideas, pointers on where to look at the documentation, anything, I'd really appreciate it. I don't really administer this server, but I'm as likely a candidate as any to fix this particular problem. Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Scott Williams
Penfield NY