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Need help to sync-up timestamps for MS Exchange/Outlook emails with our supplier

I need help figuring out what drives the timestamps for MS Exchange/Outlook emails running on Windows Server 2000. For example, this morning we received an email from a supplier that showed 08:48 (i.e., when we print off the email, its shows "Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:48 AM". However, when we look at our inbox, for that email, it shows it was received at 8:46 AM. Our supplier says all their clocks are synchronized and their website was showing 8:44 AM when we received the email. I just want to sync up our timestamps and our supplier is saying the issue lies with our side not theirs. Does the time that appears in their emails under "Sent:...." reflect our clocks or theirs? Neither? Both? Thanks!

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Our supplier, who's emails are showing "Sent" time as being 3-4 minutes ahead of our "Received" time is saying that all of their clocks are scyn-ed up to the same atomic time server. Yet this morning, in another test, their email shows "Sent" as being 09:57, yet our inbox shows "Received" as 09:54, or 3 minutes earlier. Is there any other explanation or possible cause other than the sender's email server not being sync-ed with their atomic time server?