Verizon Acts to Cut Delays in Its E-Mail
From Times Wire Reports
Verizon Communications worked to clear a backlog of millions of junk messages that slowed e-mail for as many as 200,000 of its Internet customers on the East Coast. Officials at New York-based Verizon, the company formed by the merger last summer of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp., said its systems are still working but that some customers may experience delays of several hours in sending and receiving messages. The delays are a result of a recent influx of tens of millions of junk e-mails that have weighed down Verizon’s network, a company spokesman said.
