[X4U] What is the delay filter on this list

[John Engberg]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Jim Colgate wrote:

> I have noticed recently that the difference between the date sent  
> and the date received has grown to over 15 days. I do check this pop  
> account every day so that the date received should be at most 24  
> hours after sent if there are no delays in the line, however almost  
> every message if receive has a date sent time-stamp of about 15 days  
> ago.
>
> I just looked at the raw source for the latest message I received  
> and it shows that it was originally received by the listserv on 30  
> May, but was not passed on until today, 17 June.
>
> I guess I will have to wait 2 weeks for any answers to this, but I  
> am very curious about the delays. (I posted a fairly urgent question  
> about the Mail app an hour ago. It has not shown up in my inbox yet,  
> so I guess it will be a couple weeks before anybody reads it and  
> then another couple weeks before I get any answers.)
>
> This is worse than the pony express -- at least they could deliver a  
> letter coast to coast in a week. :-)
>
>   Jim

That does seem strange, Jim, but in fact as you can see is dated 17  
june. This message is being sent on 29 June at approximately 1606 EDT.

John Engberg