diff --git a/src/authres.rs b/src/authres.rs
index fe75ae57f..43da97ba2 100644
--- a/src/authres.rs
+++ b/src/authres.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::headerdef::HeaderDef;
-use crate::tools::time;
 use crate::tools::EmailAddress;
 
 /// `authres` is short for the Authentication-Results header, defined in
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ async fn compute_dkim_results(
         }
     }
 
-    let mut dkim_works = dkim_works(context, from_domain).await?;
+    let mut dkim_works = dkim_works(context, from_domain, message_time).await?;
     if !dkim_works && dkim_passed {
         set_dkim_works(context, from_domain, message_time).await?;
         dkim_works = true;
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ async fn compute_dkim_results(
 }
 
 /// Whether DKIM in emails from this domain is known to work.
-async fn dkim_works(context: &Context, from_domain: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+async fn dkim_works(context: &Context, from_domain: &str, message_time: i64) -> Result<bool> {
     let last_working_timestamp: i64 = context
         .sql
         .query_get_value(
@@ -303,12 +302,7 @@ async fn dkim_works(context: &Context, from_domain: &str) -> Result<bool> {
 
     let dkim_ever_worked = last_working_timestamp > 0;
 
-    // We're using time() here and not the time when the message
-    // claims to have been sent (passed around as `message_time`)
-    // because otherwise an attacker could just put a time way
-    // in the future into the `Date` header and then we would
-    // assume that DKIM doesn't have to be valid anymore.
-    let dkim_should_work_now = should_work_until > time();
+    let dkim_should_work_now = should_work_until > message_time;
     Ok(dkim_ever_worked && dkim_should_work_now)
 }
 
@@ -358,6 +352,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::test_utils::TestContext;
     use crate::test_utils::TestContextManager;
     use crate::tools;
+    use crate::tools::time;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_remove_comments() {
@@ -589,7 +584,10 @@ Authentication-Results: box.hispanilandia.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=adbenitez@
                 }
 
                 let from_domain = EmailAddress::new(from).unwrap().domain;
-                assert_eq!(res.dkim_works, dkim_works(&t, &from_domain).await.unwrap());
+                assert_eq!(
+                    res.dkim_works,
+                    dkim_works(&t, &from_domain, time()).await.unwrap()
+                );
                 assert_eq!(res.dkim_passed, res.dkim_works);
 
                 // delta.blinzeln.de and gmx.de have invalid DKIM, so the DKIM check should fail
diff --git a/src/mimeparser.rs b/src/mimeparser.rs
index 10696e617..90c3aa189 100644
--- a/src/mimeparser.rs
+++ b/src/mimeparser.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! # MIME message parsing module.
 
+use std::cmp::min;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ use crate::peerstate::Peerstate;
 use crate::simplify::{simplify, SimplifiedText};
 use crate::stock_str;
 use crate::sync::SyncItems;
-use crate::tools::{get_filemeta, parse_receive_headers, truncate_by_lines};
+use crate::tools::{get_filemeta, parse_receive_headers, smeared_time, time, truncate_by_lines};
 
 /// A parsed MIME message.
 ///
@@ -173,11 +174,23 @@ impl MimeMessage {
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let mail = mailparse::parse_mail(body)?;
 
-        let message_time = mail
-            .headers
-            .get_header_value(HeaderDef::Date)
+        let rcvd_timestamp = time();
+        let date_header = mail.headers.get_header_value(HeaderDef::Date);
+        let alleged_message_time = date_header
+            .as_ref()
             .and_then(|v| mailparse::dateparse(&v).ok())
             .unwrap_or_default();
+        let message_time = min(alleged_message_time, rcvd_timestamp);
+
+        if message_time != alleged_message_time {
+            info!(
+                context,
+                "Message claims to come from the future ({:?}), using current time ({:?}) instead",
+                date_header,
+                message_time
+            )
+        }
+
         let mut hop_info = parse_receive_headers(&mail.get_headers());
 
         let mut headers = Default::default();