Hi, Its not two messages, its a single email addressed to 2 recipients, it came in at 15.47, one user got it straight away, the other 8 hours later.
Gavin. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> wrote: > Did both messages hit your SMTP gateway at the same time? I would have > imagined for what ever reason the delay would have been outside. ie. when > the person sends the message, would their mail server not have generate two > emails (one for each of your users). These messages then travel over the > internet to your mail server, which then accepts them and delivers them in a > timely fashion to the appropiate users mail box. > > I would have a look at the message headers of the message which was delayed > by 8 hours and see if the delay occured before or after it hit your network. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 18 December 2008 09:56 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Odd exchange email delay > > Hi, > > I have a SBS2003 with Exchange 2003 SP2. A really odd thing hsappened > yesterday that I can neither see a reason for nor explain. > > An external person sent an email to the domain to two users internally. > both the users have external email addresses. The email was delivered > instantly to one of the users, but the second one was delayed for about 8 > hours before it then got submitted. A copy of the message history is here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavsta/3117225265/sizes/o. > > Can anyone tell me why this might have happened? > > Gavin. > > > > > > The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent > correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended > recipient(s). The information in this communication may be > confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is > intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ > subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail > contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal > Purchase Order. > > For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance > on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be > monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit > and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent > to this. > > Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality > control, security and other business purposes. > > QinetiQ Limited > Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 > Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom > Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, > Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom > http://www.qinetiq.com/home/notices/legal.html<http://www.qinetiq.com/home/legal.html> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
