are you using the received date or the sent date? This is common with the
sent date but the received date should be when the server or outlook gets
it. Do you have more than 1 acct and are the affected messages from 1 of the
accts?

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Some of my emails are being delayed. With most of my emails the
'internet header' delivery date and the date in the 'Received' column
in the Inbox are the same, within a few seconds. But about one in
twenty emails have very different dates and times between the header
stamp and the 'Received' stamp.. Sometimes days different. The
'Received' date in the Inbox is always earlier than the delivery date
in the header. How can this happen? The email appears in my Inbox at
the date and time in the header but the 'Received' stamp is much
earler. And of course, with my Inbox sorted by 'Received' date the new
email pops up well down the list from the top. Cannot work out what is
going on here. Any ideas anybody?