On Tue, 21 Mar 19:32, Geffrey Glencoe Thorpe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Before I delete this fellow from my list, I thought I I'd ask if anyone >knows why posts sent to a Venezuela address might not be getting to the >subscriber. The person's domain is conicit.ve. > >Is there any additional info--or header change--that needs to be tagged onto >here, for this post to make it out. Or is it just "one of those things" ? No. Yes. Well, that host is "reachable", but it is "slow", especially the "hop" into Venezuela, as the following traces indicate. Have patience. +++++ # traceroute dino.conicit.ve ... 6 border1-serial2-0.Seattle.mci.net (204.70.52.9) 40 ms 52 ms 64 ms 7 core-fddi-0.Seattle.mci.net (204.70.2.145) 45 ms 47 ms 51 ms 8 core-hssi-2.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.1.50) 85 ms 75 ms 99 ms 9 border3-fddi0-0.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.2.163) 92 ms 76 ms 77 ms 10 149.20.64.1 (149.20.64.1) 83 ms 231 ms 82 ms 11 149.20.6.2 (149.20.6.2) 156 ms 171 ms 170 ms 12 unclesam-gateway.jvnc.net (130.94.15.249) 184 ms 196 ms 153 ms 13 nomad-gateway.jvnc.net (130.94.14.249) 124 ms 171 ms * 14 fenchurch-gateway.jvnc.net (130.94.0.49) 148 ms 205 ms 202 ms 15 trillian-gateway.jvnc.net (192.12.211.75) 230 ms 169 ms 154 ms 16 conicit-gateway.saicyt.net.ve (150.188.2.1) 3790 ms * 2545 ms 17 ? (?) * * * 18 dino.conicit.ve (150.188.1.10) * * 3371 ms # /etc/ping dino.conicit.ve. 64 bytes from 150.188.1.10: icmp_seq=0. time=3325. ms 64 bytes from 150.188.1.10: icmp_seq=3. time=3042. ms 64 bytes from 150.188.1.10: icmp_seq=4. time=4267. ms ----dino.conicit.ve PING Statistics---- 10 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 70% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 3042/3544/4267 # exit