From: Mike '/m' 


If the server accepted the email and lost it, as you suggest, why isn't the
message in Outlook's Sent Items box?

The problem I describe is two-fold, though you conveniently overlook the
part of the problem involving Outlook.   Why does Outlook lose a message
after the server accepts it?


 /m




On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:24:43 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:

>   You are still describing a broken email server that accepted an email then
lost it.  As you already noted your server is overloaded, maybe your
upgrade to it will help you with your email server problems.  Maybe you
should consider a higher quality email server like Exchange.
>
>Rich
>
>  "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:nj5dj1psfkmgmu48i6iij0d39hs6465m1p{at}4ax.com...
>  Outlook removed the message from Outlook's Outbox (indicating it was
>  sent), yet the message never made it to Outlook's Sent Items box.
>  Outlook lost the message somewhere inside of Outlook.  Gone, no trace of
>  the message at all.  It's not in Outlook anywhere, and the server
>  doesn't have it.  These are messages to clients with quotes, and other
>  information.  If the email server was the culprit, the message should
>  still be in one of the Outlook boxes (most likely Outlook's Outbox
>  because it wasn't sent).
>
>  Postfix feeding the mail server has not had a problem at all, even
>  though a few people are now using it instead of having Outlook feed the
>  main email server directly.  Only people who use Outlook have a problem
>  with the message disappearing inside of Outlook.
>
>   /m
>
>
>  On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:
>
>  >   Other than your assertion, how did you determine that the message was
never accepted by your overloaded SMTP server?  It sure appears that your
server is accepting email and losing it not that you would ever be honest
enough to admit that.
>  >
>  >Rich
>  >
>  >  "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:ae1cj11en1g74dhk25h4bchng01uvlset0{at}4ax.com...
>  >
>  >  Man, that problem drives me crazy at work.  Our email server is
>  >  overloaded and will be upgraded in a couple of weeks (40% annual growth
>  >  in a company creates interesting problems...).  Until then, I am greeted
>  >  my POP3 and SMTP timeouts.  The SMTP timeouts are particularly egregious
>  >  with Outlook.  Outlook says the message is sent, but the message was
>  >  never accepted by the email server.
>  >
>  >  One of the Software Engineers on my team sent me an email that he was
>  >  taking a two days vacation.  Outlook said it was sent fine, but the
>  >  email server never accepted it.   Needless, I became *very* concerned
>  >  when he didn't show up for two days....
>  >
>  >   /m  >  email...>

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