Ilene,
If I am reading it right - it was a Google hold up and a 3 hour delay
As I read it the 3 hour delay was detected at the receipt by Google. Which may mean that IncrediMail (or your email application) took that long to send it on to Google. Or it could mean that Google wasn't available for three hours, but that seems much less likely to me.
Shal
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