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Subject:	Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:05:48 GMT
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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.... > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Dee writes: > > 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 for a long time? > > 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. 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 tech support requires a *very* expensive premium rate 'phone call, so I didn't ask them! I shall e-mail them to see what they say! (I had Gravity open, awaiting the e-mail to finish downloading, noticed the late mail, and posted the question straight away! But thanks, I now know what I need to put in the e-mail). Now, how does one go about finding, let alone providing, smtp message headers? -- _____________________________________________________________ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam.(lugnet excepted) Web Site: http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.dee/lego.html ICQ 13177071 AOL Instant Messenger: RJD88888 _____________________________________________________________ For the best Lego news, visit: http://www.lugnet.com/news/ Need instructions for a model? http://www.kl.net/scans/ _____________________________________________________________

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		Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent?
(...) 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)

		Re: Normal to get e-mail 1 month after it was sent?
(...) 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?
(...) 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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