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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:06PM (#27090687)
Not a bad guess, except that gmail is the email provider for both my wife and myself.
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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by upofadown on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:23PM (#27090828)
Then the answer might be that the bank does not use Gmail. It is after all known to be not that great.
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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by that_guy_iain on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:51PM (#27091077)
Gmail doesn’t send instantly. This is why they could add the undo feature for sending emails.
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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by PeterisP on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:06PM (#27091622)
That explains a ten second delay, not a couple of hours as parent poster claims.
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