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Subject:	Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:49:12 GMT
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:30:46 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > I wonder if > e-mail would get there in 1.25 seconds or 2.5 seconds? :) A lot longer, considering that any IP connection first sends a SYN packet, then waits for an ACK, and only then starts tranmsmitting.. Jasper

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		Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent?
(...) That long of a delay is very unusual. Does your ISP have any thoughts on where it all was sitting stuck? They might be able to tell you by looking at the SMTP message headers. On a (marginally) related note, I wonder if NASA will ever drop a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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