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usonian

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2. I've had late emails.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 12:09 PM

Mar 31

And others on time. There are too many variables in the path between sender and recipient to figure out what's going on and what isn't (I have full mail headers to look at in messages, especially one that got delayed).

It just says that email cannot be relied upon to be prompt.

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