Odd thing

[RMoraza@aol.co]

Here's an odd thing...

After this last bit of server trouble, I opened a 2nd email account with
Lycose and subscribed to the list on there as well. The idea was that if the
mail couldn't get through to AOL, maybe it would reach Lycose. Now I am
receiving mail at both addresses, but it's not the same mail. Nor is it a
question of one being a day behind the other because in the last hour I got
the same letter at both places. It's as though the receiving servers are
picking and chosing which letters to allow through and which ones to bounce.

The gods of electronic communication are fickle indeed...

Alison
RMoraza@aol.com
alison@lycosemail.com

[Brian Stoner]

RMoraza@aol.com wrote:

> Here's an odd thing...
>
> After this last bit of server trouble, I opened a 2nd email account
> with
> Lycose and subscribed to the list on there as well. The idea was that
> if the
> mail couldn't get through to AOL, maybe it would reach Lycose. Now I
> am
> receiving mail at both addresses, but it's not the same mail. Nor is
> it a
> question of one being a day behind the other because in the last hour
> I got
> the same letter at both places. It's as though the receiving servers
> are
> picking and chosing which letters to allow through and which ones to
> bounce.
>
> The gods of electronic communication are fickle indeed...
>
> Alison
> RMoraza@aol.com
> alison@lycosemail.com

E-mail is a funny thing. The sending server doesn't just send the mail
to the receiver. The mail is sent out on its own, to find its own way
to you. This is part of the inherent design of the Internet. When the
US Department of Defense designed it 30 years ago they wanted a system
that wouldn't be knocked out by a nuclear war. As part of this, they
set it up so that it was like a web with no central hub. Anything
travelling across it could reroute itself if needed. Thus, any e-mail
sent out may take a different path and a different amount of time. That
is why your two accounts are recieving different things at different
times.

Hope this helps you figure it out a little.

Brian.