From: "Rich" 

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   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

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   Other
than your assertion, =
how did you=20
determine that the message was never accepted by your overloaded SMTP=20
server?  It sure appears that your server is accepting email and =
losing it=20
not that you would ever be honest enough to admit that.
 
Rich
 

  "Mike '/m'" <mike{at}barkto.com>=20">mailto:mike{at}barkto.com">mike{at}barkto.com>=20
  wrote in message news:ae1cj11en1g=
74dhk25h4bchng01uvlset0{at}4ax.com...Man,=20
  that problem drives me crazy at work.  Our email server =
isoverloaded=20
  and will be upgraded in a couple of weeks (40% annual growthin a =
company=20
  creates interesting problems...).  Until then, I am greetedmy =
POP3=20
  and SMTP timeouts.  The SMTP timeouts are particularly =
egregiouswith=20
  Outlook.  Outlook says the message is sent, but the message =
wasnever=20
  accepted by the email server.One of the Software Engineers on =
my team=20
  sent me an email that he wastaking a two days vacation.  =
Outlook said=20
  it was sent fine, but theemail server never accepted =
it.  =20
  Needless, I became *very* concernedwhen he didn't show up for two=20
  days.... /m<and don't ask me about Outlook's =
non-compliance=20
  with the RFC's
foremail...>

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