I have had personal emails from people in my yahoo address book, that appear sometimes 3 days after they are sent.
2006-10-07 04:05:59 · 6 answers · asked by sunnyjay 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
sometimes servers between you and the recipient are down for maintnance. there is no way around it. this has been happening since the beginning of the web.
2006-10-07 04:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did they really send it three days ago? Or do they have the CLOCK set incorrectly on their computer?
Or, maybe they were using Outlook Express, and did not hit SEND. So the email was waiting to be sent for three days, when they finally went into their email program. Then it sent.
Basically, it is not YOUR issue, but theirs.
Yes, e-mail can be delayed for many hours, but it is unlikely that it would take more than 24 hours. They would have gotten error messages if it could not send for 4 hours or more.
2006-10-07 11:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mail delivery can be delayed at most by 5 days (it is usual parameter for mail servers). There can be several reasons: since your posting jumps through several servers, one of them can be down or too busy for a long time; mailbox of your addressee can be full, etc. Your SMTP server will retry for 5 days to send mail.
2006-10-07 11:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by alakit013 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the government had to read it and make sure you are not breaking any laws! I don't know ask Yahoo.
2006-10-07 11:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by JTTech 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because some people don't have broadband and are struglin' along with phone lines.
2006-10-07 11:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by jimmyfish 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
tHE INTERNET HAS BECOME SO OVERLOADED THAT SOME PACKETS APPEAR TO GET LOST
2006-10-07 11:10:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋