he told me that he had met you vs told me that he has met you

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. The first phrase 'he told me that he had met you' is used when reporting past events in indirect speech. The second phrase 'told me that he has met you' is used when reporting present events in indirect speech.

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he told me that he had met you

This phrase is correct and commonly used when reporting past events in indirect speech.

This phrase is used when reporting something that was said in the past, where the reporting verb 'told' is also in the past tense. It indicates that the meeting took place before the time of reporting.

Examples:

He told me that he had met you at the party last night.
She told me that she had seen the movie before.
They told me that they had finished the project.
I told him that I had already eaten dinner.
The teacher told us that she had graded our tests.

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He told me he had met others, talked to others.
He says that this is after they had previously told him that he had met their terms and conditions.
I just didn't realize that he had met someone.
That he had met another woman and disappeared without a trace.
He told Chuck that he met you at Butter.
Told me he... met you here five weeks ago.
That he had met some really nice people in the bar.
He said that he had met her on the previous day.
Mr Solana said that he had met the Iranian Foreign Minister while he was in Riyadh.
This is what he told me when I met him on holiday two weeks ago.
Proinsias DE ROSSA (PES, Dublin) informed the House that he had met with a group in the US called "September 11 - friends and families for a peaceful tomorrow".
She told me she had met a Russian. That's all.
When Dave left, he told me he met with someone that morning, and things got heated.
When we met you told me to visit your house the next day
But man does not exist , he said, specifying that he had met many a Spaniard or a Frenchman and even perhaps a Persian, but I have never met man.
They even did a calculation, where they figured between his films and all the "opinion leaders" that he had met and all the travel he had done...
She told him she had met someone else.
Alise already told me she met Mr. Chick.
Some guy I met told me I need to be spontaneous.
You told me you met her yesterday.

Alternatives:

he told me that he met you
he said that he had met you
he informed me that he had met you
he mentioned that he had met you
he confirmed that he had met you

told me that he has met you

This phrase is correct and commonly used when reporting present events in indirect speech.

This phrase is used when reporting something that is being said in the present, where the reporting verb 'told' is also in the past tense. It indicates that the meeting took place before the time of reporting.

Examples:

She told me that she has met you before.
He told me that he has already finished his homework.
They told me that he has left the company.
I told her that I have read that book.
The teacher told us that she has prepared a surprise.

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Told me he... met you here five weeks ago.
When we met you told me to visit your house the next day
Alise already told me she met Mr. Chick.
Some guy I met told me I need to be spontaneous.
You told me you met her yesterday.
She told me she met a boy.
At the wake, she told me how they met.
Booth never told me how you met.
He told Chuck that he met you at Butter.
You have just told met that there was no budgetary deficit because of very high taxes.
She told me she met someone very nice.
My sister told me she met a nice guy at her summerjob.
Well, this is a story that a strange man I met told me today.
A tachograph manufacturer whom I myself met told me that he was able to supply the required number of tachographs to vehicle manufacturers between now and May 2005.
Mr. O'Keefe told us he met you at the Masquerade Bar in the Quarter.
She told me that she met Suzanne on board.
Someone just told me that I met the woman that I'm supposed to be with, and I can't ignore it.
This is what he told me when I met him on holiday two weeks ago.
One of them told me that Melissa met our lance corporal a couple weeks ago.
You told me when we met that you injured your hand trying to open a window in your room, the master bedroom.

Alternatives:

told me that he met you
said that he has met you
informed me that he has met you
mentioned that he has met you
confirmed that he has met you

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he told me that he had met you vs told me that he has met you