[list delay] Odd configuration of email routers?

Here's the headers of my recent ping email (before the great reset!). Note the lines between the rows of asterixes. I suspect that "localhost" shouldn't be in the mail path? It seems to impose about a 20 minute delay in the email. All the other Received: headers seem to be very quick. Return-Path: <[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]> Received: from mta7-rme.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.15.141]) by mta202-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <[20030709075301--JAVJ8435--mta202-rme--xtra--co--nz--mta7-rme--xtra--co--nz]> for <[Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:53:01 +1200 Received: from cobalt.reboltech.com ([208.201.243.114]) by mta7-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <[20030709075301--ZCIM1665--mta7-rme--xtra--co--nz--cobalt--reboltech--com]> for <[Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:53:01 +1200 ************************************************************* Received: from cobalt.reboltech.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cobalt.reboltech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA25735; Tue, 8 Jul 2003 23:31:53 -0700 ************************************************************* Received: with LISTAR (v0.129a; list rebol); Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horace.mail.atl.earthlink.net (horace.mail.atl.earthlink.net [207.69.200.41]) by cobalt.reboltech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA25729 for <[rebol-list--rebol--net]>; Tue, 8 Jul 2003 23:31:52 -0700 Received: from aurelius-z.mspring.net ([207.69.231.71] helo=aurelius.mspring.net) by horace.mail.atl.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19a8UZ-0002u8-00 for [rebol-list--rebol--net]; Wed, 09 Jul 2003 02:31:51 -0400 X-MindSpring-Loop: [rebol-list--rebol--com] Received: from mta202-rme.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.15.145]) by aurelius.mspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with ESMTP id 19A8uwCx3Nl5tB0 for <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 02:31:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.15.143]) by mta202-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <[20030709063147--FSVQ8435--mta202-rme--xtra--co--nz--mta2-rme--xtra--co--nz]> for <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:31:47 +1200 Received: from ShereKhan ([210.54.201.131]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz with SMTP id <[20030709063146--HMX8220--mta2-rme--xtra--co--nz--ShereKhan]> for <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:31:46 +1200 I hope this helps find the problem with the long delays on this list. Andrew J Martin The phantom pinger strikes! ICQ: 26227169 http://www.rebol.it/Valley/ http://Valley.150m.com/

Hi Andrew, Actually, that was the same before the Great Reset. But, it's just been changed, per your suggestion. Hope it will help. BTW, it might be that the list delay is caused just by an overloaded host. This machine is heavily loaded. One of the other reasons I trimmed the list. -Carl ************************************************************* Received: from cobalt.reboltech.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cobalt.reboltech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA25735; Tue, 8 Jul 2003 23:31:53 -0700 *************************************************************