delays in receiving pop3 emails sent by MSN accts to any Yahoo acc

I've noticed that any emails sent by my MSN POP3 account to any Yahoo email 
address ([e.g.  XXXX@XXXXX.COM ], including those who are POP3 account at 
yahoo) takes a long time to arrive ranging from 30 minutes to several hours, 
sometimes a day or two later.

This is also true for any emails sent by other MSN pop3 accounts (other than 
my msn account) to any yahoo email accounts, who similarly take a long to 
arrrive 
at the ' XXXX@XXXXX.COM ' email address recipient.

There seems to be issues between emails sent and received between MSN and 
Yahoo email addresses.

I've had the new pop3 settings since the end of January (i.e. I'm using  
pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com in Outlook Express 6), as per 'PA Bear' has 
kindly outlined instructions in previous postings.

1) Has anyone has similar delay issues with sending email from MSN POP3 
accounts  to Yahoo accounts 
(big delays) or conversely receining emails from yahoo to msn (also big 
delays)?  

2) Has it been reported?

3) Are these delay problems b/c of capacity contraints that might now exist 
on the live.com servers that may not have existed on the 
pop3/smtp.email.msn.com servers?

Thanks very much for your assistance!

P.S. Using XP Pro SP2, IE6 SP2, OE6


 

Taking a look at the Received headers in some delayed mails might give a 
clue as to where the delay is.  In a received message look at the 
Message Source (Ctrl-F3).  Each server that the message passes through 
inserts a header with a time stamp.  The top most header is the most 
recent.

If you find a gap between two Yahoo or between two MSN servers, then you 
know where the problem lies.  But if it's between MSN and Yahoo, you 
can't tell if the problem is on the receiver's end or sender's end.

-- 

Mike -  http://www.**--****.com/ 

I have been experiencing the same issue - only  as of about Mon 6/4.  Yahoo 
Mail Plus support hasn't been to help.  I'd haven't made any configuration 
changes before or subsequent to Monday, nor experienced the problem using non 
POP3 web mail accounts.

Any insight would be much appreciated.

I'm runing: MS Vista, Outlook 2007, Yahoo Mail Plus, Norton Internet 
Security 2007

Thanks,

DLAD01

Since Monday 6/4 I've experienced the same issue.  Delays as long as 10 hrs.  
Yahoo Mail Plus support has only been able to confirm I've got the correct 
configuration for my POP3 mail in MS Outlook.  They haven't been willing/able 
to provide an answer whether they're experiencing server performance / volume 
issues.

Bottom line is I can't afford more time troubleshooting - especially if it's 
just an issue of Yahoo's capacity

Any help / guidance appreciated

Thx 
DLAD01

This is what I wrote for the original poster:

"Taking a look at the Received headers in some delayed mails might give 
a
clue as to where the delay is.  In a received message look at the
Message Source (Ctrl-F3).  Each server that the message passes through
inserts a header with a time stamp.  The top most header is the most
recent.

If you find a gap between two Yahoo or between two MSN servers, then you
know where the problem lies.  But if it's between MSN and Yahoo, you
can't tell if the problem is on the receiver's end or sender's end."

But there's nothing you can do on your end to fix the problem other than 
complain to the mail services.

-- 

Mike -  http://www.**--****.com/ 

"Michael Santovec" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > :O%23p$ XXXX@XXXXX.COM ...

Original message was multiposted to other groups. The correct group for msn pop3 and msn http issues is public.msn.discussion.
Visit that forum for the full thread discussion.



Note:
The symptom is not universal across all MSn accounts and servers. 
The symptom does occur in some cases on other isps to Yahoo and Yahoo to other isps.
No new information is available.
Contacting MSn and Yahoo support is the only alternative at this time.
   ...winston




:I have been experiencing the same issue - only  as of about Mon 6/4.  Yahoo 
: Mail Plus support hasn't been to help.  I'd haven't made any configuration 
: changes before or subsequent to Monday, nor experienced the problem using non 
: POP3 web mail accounts.
: 
: Any insight would be much appreciated.
: 
: I'm runing: MS Vista, Outlook 2007, Yahoo Mail Plus, Norton Internet 
: Security 2007
: 
: Thanks,
: 
: DLAD01
: 


: 
: > I've noticed that any emails sent by my MSN POP3 account to any Yahoo email 
: > address ([e.g.  XXXX@XXXXX.COM ], including those who are POP3 account at 
: > yahoo) takes a long time to arrive ranging from 30 minutes to several hours, 
: > sometimes a day or two later.
: > 
: > This is also true for any emails sent by other MSN pop3 accounts (other than 
: > my msn account) to any yahoo email accounts, who similarly take a long to 
: > arrrive 
: > at the ' XXXX@XXXXX.COM ' email address recipient.
: > 
: > There seems to be issues between emails sent and received between MSN and 
: > Yahoo email addresses.
: > 
: > I've had the new pop3 settings since the end of January (i.e. I'm using  
: > pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com in Outlook Express 6), as per 'PA Bear' has 
: > kindly outlined instructions in previous postings.
: > 
: > 1) Has anyone has similar delay issues with sending email from MSN POP3 
: > accounts  to Yahoo accounts 
: > (big delays) or conversely receining emails from yahoo to msn (also big 
: > delays)?  
: > 
: > 2) Has it been reported?
: > 
: > 3) Are these delay problems b/c of capacity contraints that might now exist 
: > on the live.com servers that may not have existed on the 
: > pop3/smtp.email.msn.com servers?
: > 
: > Thanks very much for your assistance!
: > 
: > P.S. Using XP Pro SP2, IE6 SP2, OE6
: > 
: > 
: >  
: >

I had the issue at end of June for a week or so that any mail from my
MSN Mail to yahoo was delayed.  this is happening again and seems to
only be from MSN mail generated to Yahoo, I have sent several msgs to
both MSN and Yahoo, with headers to determine why, so far after two
days have not heard back yet from either support services