How can I trace mail delays in Outlook 2000?

[Guest]

I am using Outlook 2000 on Windows XP. Recently several e-mails which have
been sent to me have been delayed by up to three weeks before they arrive in
my inbox (I am a stand alone user with a broadband connection, not connected
to a local network). Is it possible to trace the route the mail has taken to
get to me and where the hold ups have occurred?

 

[Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]]

On the message in question, go to View -> Options. In the box at the
bottom of the resulting dialog, you will see the Internet headers of the
message. You're interested in the Received: headers, which should trace
the progress of the message throught the servers that handled it (in
reverse order - in other words, the last server to handle it will be the
first in the list). Each of these headers should have the time at which
the server received the message.