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Re: [ST] Delayed emails?
- Subject: Re: [ST] Delayed emails?
- From: Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:54:29 -0800
Besides, you have to give the NSA time to read it!
Sent at 11:53 AM
See how long this takes to get to you.
AL
Matt Knowles wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Matthew Heyer wrote:
>
>
>>so what gives? I've noticed a few of my emails take hours, even a day
>>to get posted - others come through fine. I've also noticed this with
>>other people's emails - I'll get "new" messages that are dated long
>>ago, and in general get a fair number of emails out of order.
>>
>
>
> Email doesn't go directly from sender to receiver, it goes through any
> number of servers along the way. Each server stores the message and
> relays it when it gets the chance. If any one of those servers is
> backlogged or goes down for some reason, it may get hung up for awhile.
> Two emails sent seconds apart could take two different paths across the
> Internet, and depending on the paths they take could arrive in a
> different order than what they were sent in.
>
> Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA -
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