"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] 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.
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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.