Aiman Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Quick question.. how fast do notification emails get sent out when people reply to your 'subscribed' threads? It seems that google (gmail) has been on a consistant 30min-1hr delay in getting those emails to me, and I am trying to figure out if the evil empire is delaying my email, or if email is slow getting out of this site. Honestly, I dont see a php mail() interface being that much delayed, based on how quickly vBulletin responds. Any ideas? I'm about ready to stick my foot up google's azz because I am on a job search, and darnit, every minute counts! Back when I was running Zimbra on my own dedicated box, my emails would show up in literally seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickh Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Gmail, and especially Yahoo! are using DKIM and/or DK to check the validity of incoming mail. If the message isn't signed, the sender will get a 'deferred' message. With Yahoo!, it's been a day or more for me, with Gmail, I suspect it just sits in their spool for a bit. Even so, any large forum could be flagged as a spammer by Yahoo or Gmail (the latter does read/analyze emails), given a number of similar email messages that are sent out in a given time period. The 500lb gorilla(s) speak.... Rick Quote Rick Hall; MK-IV plans #1477; cozy.zggtr.org Build status: 1-7, bits of 8-9, 10, 14 done! Working on engine/prop/avionics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiman Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 GAH. I knew the evil empire would do something stupid like that. I used to work for an email company, so I know exactly what you mean. I was just trying to figure out who's holding it up. I've actually seen some pretty ugly delays on outbound SMTP Queues. I really need to get my personal server back online, thats the long and short of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emteeoh Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I use gmail, with messages forwarded to my blackberry. I seem to get emails within about 5 minutes on my BB. Occasionally it takes a bit longer, but never more than 10 minutes in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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