what does this message from WT mean?

Question

what does this mean?  --Missing blob for item 34521.

(rec'd in email from wikitree G2G)

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Hello Marj.

It seems that the issue is due to your e-mail service provider. See here:

https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Internet-Archive/All-emails-contain-the-message-Missing-Blob-for-item-nnnnnnn/td-p/2748915

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thanks Ruben.. I'll look at that.

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BTW, 'blob' is actually an old computer/database term, an acronym meaning 'binary large object'.  Could be a photo or multimedia object.

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Thanks Jim, knowing what acronyms stand for is always helpful.

Now, how do I find item #34521?

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Marj, while it appears that an email message may have been originally sent from WikiTree's G2G, it sounds like it got messed up by your own email provider (assuming you are using XFinity) while trying to deliver it to your inbox.

You will need to talk to your email provider about what those numbers mean and if they can recover your missing email messages or not. It has nothing to do with WikiTree or G2G

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Thanks Dennis. My email provider is wildblue/Viasat.
 

Thanks to all who were so kind to answer: I am going to ignore this message as an anomaly unless it keeps happening.

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It may have been one of the auto-response emails when someone posts after one of your comments/replies.  Maybe (if it means binary large object) the following post held photographs?

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I'm not familiar with Viasat, but it sounds like a Satellite provider, so there could indeed be network communication issues between them and you. You should talk to your provider just to be sure they are not having trouble delivering your email to you.

Answer 1

I have no idea how to identify item #34521.  Has the issue recurred? Did the message otherwise make sense?

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Has not recurred. Original question I posted contains the entire message. It does not make sense. (It identified the sender as G2G2 which is why I asked on this forum.)