* Aaron Schrab ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [000114 18:59]:
> At 07:04 -0600 14 Jan 2000, Alex Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Several times over the past two weeks, I have had occasion to send mail to folks
> > who, for whatever perverse reason, get their e-mail accounts through
> > AOL. Two separate people have thus told me that they have repeatedly not
> > received mail sent to them from mutt (or bounced again, later), though
> > when "forwarded" by hand via another account (e.g., my work account),
> > they receive my messages with no problem. Two other people who should
> > have answered correspondence have not done so, and I suspect it's
> > because they have not received *my* mail.
I've seen it happen on many occasions where I'll get a message while
"watch"ing mailq that my message has been deferred. AOL's mail server
will be something like "random_number.mx.aol.com". I can leave my
connection up for hours and the message may still not go. Stopping and
restarting sendmail does nothing either.
Later, after I've disconnected, and say, the next morning, I'll
re-connect and the message will go within minutes. ???
It's easy to blame AOL ;-), but I really can't say for sure !
