Made out of people

Some messages take a year to deliver

For those who read SMTP headers for fun:

Received: from imap-1.xxxxx.net [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
	by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.11)
	for xxxxx@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (qmail 15766 invoked by uid 89); 6 Aug 2003 07:46:33 -0000
Received: from geekchic.geekchic.com (64.3.115.192)
  by mailbox.xxxx.net with SMTP; 6 Aug 2003 07:46:33 -0000
Received: from BlackBox (pv106199.reshsg.uci.edu [128.195.106.199])
	by geekchic.geekchic.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA26513
	for <bonnie@darrouzet-nardi.net>; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:46:30 -0700

I sent the original message on Wednesday, August 6, 2003. It was received at the mail server at the destination on August 6, 2003. It was relayed to IMAP yesterday. Just under a year later.

I'm not the only one, either: apparently, someone just reconfigured the mail server, and the system poured out its guts.