> I recently received a half dozen messages sent to me in early
> November! It was surprising since I've accessed this account over 500
> times since November from multiple ISPs . I assume this sudden appearance
> of mail was the result of human intervention allowing mail to be
> delivered which was being held for some reason by antispam or AV
> software. Am I correct? Has anyone ever heard of a mail server that can
> hold mail then release it after a specified period. This particular
> account is receiving mail forwarded through XO.com.
If you check the Received: headers, it should help determine where the
delay was. The "Date:" header from November is the date that the client
created the E-mail. The first Received: header added to the E-mail (the
one farthest from the beginning of the headers) normally shows when the
E-mail left the mail client (so you can see if the fault was with the
sender's computer, or the mail server they use). The top Received: header
would be when it was received by your mail server.
I can't imagine any reason why someone would intentionally delay E-mail for
more than a month, but it's possible that there was some sort of glitch on
the remote mail server (which caused mail to temporarily not be delivered)
that was just recently discovered, so they sent out the mail that was in limbo.
-Scott
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