how long, does it take email delivery?

[big_block_buick]

i'm doing some digging on a timeline discrepency,and need to know.if an email sent display in my inbox(oe5).is the actual time(within reason) sent..example is 2 hours within the realm of possibilities..

[elroy]

Just depends, some comes in seconds, some in hours. Most probably comes in seconds or minutes but it can be delayed for some time. You never know when a server might be down somewhere or something like that.

[Steve R Jones]

For what its worth, PC World does reviews of ISP's. One of their tests is to send emails across country to another tester to see how long it takes.

[spuck]

longest it took mine was just over 5 minutes.
most is around 20 seconds.

[nunyadam]

i have pesonaly sent some to my work that took a full day.

[big_block_buick]

i did think of server or problems of some kind.but under normal operating conditions, it should arrive within a minute you would think..oh well, i'll have to leave this as too many variables..thanks

[Brangwen]

I've used half a dozen ISPs and sent e-mail to myself: about 15-20 seconds.

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