"brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm not sure that this is going to have the effect you want it to have. > Let me give an example to demonstrate why. > ... > In short, I don't think this is going to be especially helpful because > it won't change the status quo for a lot of senders. You'd have to > insert some significant delay in order to get the effect you desire, and > even then things could still be delivered out of order. Thanks for explaining it clearly. In the past on this list those who do not get the store-and-forward nature of e-mail transport have brought this up a few times, but this approach fundamentally do not work, at least for the purpose of forcing ordering of messages at the receiving end.