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Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on May 01, 2012, 12:34:20 PM

Anyone with a paper and ink version of a publication is probably aware that different parts of the country get their copy at slightly different times. One reason is to prevent overloading a local postal system. But I wouldn't think that would be much of a problem with email, at least for a properly setup server. So, why did I get my plain text vrsion of TidBITs only sometime after 10pm last night?  

Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: Paddy on May 01, 2012, 12:49:55 PM

According to the long headers, when was it sent?

Occasionally I've had things get "lost in space" for no apparent reason. They've gone wandering around the intertubes for hours before arriving in my inbox - and that's after accounting for the time zone differences.

Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: kimmer on May 01, 2012, 01:22:10 PM

ABD, you apparently don't rate.

Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on May 01, 2012, 05:55:07 PM

QUOTE

ABD, you apparently don't rate.

Oh, I rate, alright! If it weren't for my bad rating, I'd have no rating at all! (to paraphrase...)

CODE

From:     TidBITS Editors <tb-mailer@tidbits.com>
    Subject:     TidBITS#1124/30-Apr-2012
    Date:     April 30, 2012 5:39:46 PM CDT
    To:     My Name <myaddress@mac.com>
    Reply-To:     TidBITS Contact FAQ <contacts@tidbits.com>
    Return-Path:     <tb-mailer@tidbits.com>
    Received:     from nk11r10mm-smtpin134.mac.com ([10.150.68.134]) by ms03511.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01 (7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan  3 2012)) with ESMTP id <0M3B00BRKDMG1ZD0@ms03511.mac.com> for myaddress@mac.com; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:39:52 +0000 (GMT)
    Received:     from li260-214.members.linode.com ([173.255.250.214]) by smtpin134.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-23.01(7.0.4.23.0) 64bit (built Aug 10 2011)) with ESMTP id <0M3B00NY3DMA2H80@smtpin134.mac.com> for myaddress@mac.com (ORCPT myaddress@mac.com); Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:39:47 +0000 (GMT)
    Received:     from li260-214 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by li260-214.members.linode.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q3UMdk2p007225 for <myaddress@mac.com>; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:39:46 -0700

I see two time-stamps with "22:39:47" but the last (first?) one says "15:39:46" That time just accounts for the time-zone difference. But I did not see it until I opened Mail this morning. Oh well...best I can tell, it took one second to get from the TidBIT server to Apple's and then at least five hours more to be able to be seen on my Mac which was shutdown before 22:00:00 (10 pm, local) last night. I fear that the kimmer may be correct.

Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: kimmer on May 01, 2012, 07:41:04 PM

Sorry I might be right. You rate with me.

Here's the header code from my copy:

CODE

    From:     TidBITS Editors <tb-mailer@tidbits.com>
    Subject:     TidBITS#1124/30-Apr-2012
    Date:     April 30, 2012 4:14:11 PM PDT
    To:     My name <my email addy>
    Reply-To:     TidBITS Contact FAQ <contacts@tidbits.com>
    Return-Path:     <tb-mailer@tidbits.com>
    Delivered-To:     <my email addy>
    Received:     from stor30r.mfg.siteprotect.com ([192.168.31.4]) by stor07.mfg.siteprotect.com (Dovecot) with LMTP id JrSFCVccn09UDQAAVFDtYw for <my email addy>; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:14:17 -0500
    Received:     from mx04.mfg.siteprotect.com (unknown [192.168.33.225]) by stor30r.mfg.siteprotect.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824CB1000215 for <my email addy>; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:14:13 -0500 (CDT)
    Received:     from li260-214.members.linode.com (mail.tidbits.com [173.255.250.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx04.mfg.siteprotect.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A3AD20B405E for <my email addy>; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:14:12 -0500 (CDT)
    Received:     from li260-214 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by li260-214.members.linode.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q3UNEBLB013888 for <my email addy>; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:14:11 -0700

Title: Do email servers work like the USPS?!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on May 02, 2012, 10:08:36 AM

It's an honor to be rated with (most) TS members!