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| | | Today, I had received 15 e-mails, originally dated between the 5th and 10th of May! Most e-mail I recieve very quickly. Is this very unusual? What happens if a mail bounces, due to my mailbox being full, for instance? Does it go 'round and 'round (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) 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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| | | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Richard Dee
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| | | | | Once upon a time, (on Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:30:46 GMT, to be precise!), Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities.... (...) It is the only time it has happened, in 18 months with this ISP. It went subscription-free on 1 April. To get any kind of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) It depends on your e-mail software. What are you using? In Netscape Messenger 4.5, for example, you can do View/Headers/All from the menu. If your running a unix e-mailer, you can also just save the message to a file and look at it with a text (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) If you're using Outlook or Outlook Express, right-click the message (maybe the subject line in the Messages list). Choose Properties. On the dialog that shows up, click Source. The gunk at the top is the SMTP headers. Steve (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | Once upon a time, (on Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:07:11 GMT, to be precise!), Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities.... (...) Outlook '98. Open the message, and then view....options. It transpires that at least half of these messages are (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) A lot longer, considering that any IP connection first sends a SYN packet, then waits for an ACK, and only then starts tranmsmitting.. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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