Re: ***** Repeats

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
> 
> We almost need the bottom lines to be re-written so that there is a time 
> stamp when the ISP relaunches a message.
> 

The SMTP standard requires that every mail server that touches an E-mail
message add an additional header to the message.   That header usually
includes a timestamp, and is designed to help troubleshoot mail apps.

For example, the message that I'm replying to has these headers:

Received: from localhost (localhost.klements.com [127.0.0.1])
        by gateway.klements.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00718
        for <klemscot@localhost>; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:40:16 GMT
        (envelope-from midrange-l-owner@midrange.com)
Received: from mail.klements.com
        by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.2.1)
        for klemscot@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:40:17
-0600 (CST)
Received: by mail (mbox 7482.klemscot)
 (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Fri Feb  9 13:40:15 2001)
Received: from lmg01.affinity.com (lmg.ahnet.net [207.150.192.13])
        by mail.ahnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C49DBAA04
        for <klemscot@klements.com>; Fri,  9 Feb 2001 13:25:07 -0800 (PST)
Received: from uucphost.mcs.net ([192.160.127.90]) by lmg.ahnet.net with
ESMTP i
d <348132-32681>; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:25:00 -0800
Received: (from uucp@localhost)
        by uucphost.mcs.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with UUCP id f19LOuN58768;
        Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:24:56 -0600 (CST)
        (envelope-from midrange-l-owner@midrange.com)
Received: from localhost (mail@localhost)
        by linux.midrange.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA16720;
        Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:26:13 -0600
Received: by linux.midrange.com (bulk_mailer v1.13); Fri, 9 Feb 2001
15:26:01 -0600
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
        by linux.midrange.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) id PAA16233
        for midrange-l-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:25:45 -0600
Received: (from uucp@localhost)
        by linux.midrange.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with UUCP id PAA16212
        for MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:25:41 -0600
Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com (imo-d08.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.40])
        by uucphost.mcs.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f19KK3A46313
        for <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:20:03 -0600
(CST)
        (envelope-from MacWheel99@aol.com)
Received: from MacWheel99@aol.com
        by imo-d08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.5.) id i.ba.11572168 (4562)
         for <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:19:56 -0500
(EST)



If you read these from the bottom up, you'll see that you sent the message
at to imo-d08.mx.aol.com (one of AOL's mail servers) at 15:19:56 -0500.

That server sent it to David's ISP at uucphost.mcs.net at 14:20:03 -0600

It was received from UUCP by linux.midrange.com at 15:25:41 -0600

and so on and so forth.   

Maybe that will help you diagnose the problem?

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