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DanLes
Copper Contributor
Sep 13, 2025

forwarding delays

I have an account at outlook.live.com, and I have instructed it to forward all e-mails from there to another account. That forwarding happens 7-8 hours later. ALWAYS. Why? How do I make the forwarding happen more promptly?

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    Hornblower409
    Brass Contributor

    Not a fix, just a way to maybe find out where the hang up is.

    Open one of the forwarded emails and look at the Message Header.
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/view-internet-message-headers-in-outlook-cd039382-dc6e-4264-ac74-c048563d212c

    You should see the path the email took and date/times on each server hop.

    The Microsoft tool at https://mha.azurewebsites.net/ can help you see the hops more clearly.

     

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