You need to check the SMTP headers on each email to know for sure.
...Tim From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Odd exchange email delay Oh right, sorry guys. Ill have to look, but just to get it straight in my head, if I have a single email, and send it to multiple recipiants on the same domain, it actually splits the mail into however many recipients that there are and send 2 or 3 or whatever emails. So although the unique ID is the same, its actually 2 or 3 or whatever emails. Doesnt explain the delay as presumably they left the server at the other end at the same time? Gavin. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Phew, I was beginning to think my knowledge of SMTP was flawed! :-) Or just check the header in the message in Outlook (View | Options and then look in the Internet Headers box [Outlook 2k3]) Cheers, Matt ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: 18 December 2008 15:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Odd exchange email delay As Mr. Ames asked - did both messages hit your SMTP gateway at the same time? The message may have the same message-id, but each copy came in separately. That's why you see two entries of "message submitted to advanced queuing" . You need to check your SMTP logs. It doesn't appear to be an Exchange issue per se. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Odd exchange email delay 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]<mailto:[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]<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 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
