TECH: missing e-mail

[Joyce Conklin <jconkli@ED.CO.SANMATEO.CA.US>]

I've run into some anomalies in using e-mail, and so that I have the
answers when the questions appear in training sessions, does anyone know:

What happens to e-mail messages that get "lost in the air" somewhere? I
know that they go as packets, and that these packets have to be
re-assembled before the message ends up on the receiving server. But what
can happen that a message sent successfully (doesn't bounce back as
undeliverable) never gets where it was going? I.e. I'm told that a
message was sent Friday afternoon -- it's now Monday evening and I still
don't have it, altho' I've received 4-5 other messages from the same
source in the interim.

I'll post a hit if desired.



Joyce Conklin           jconkli@ed.co.sanmateo.ca.us
Automation Consultant
San Mateo Union High School Dist. (ret.)
San Mateo CA 94403

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