AOL e-mail service delayed over software problem

NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) Internet service AOL said today that its e-mail service had been held up by a software problem, delaying millions of e-mails since the late morning.

Many AOL members were unable to send or receive new e-mails since 11.00 a.m. EST. AOL said it was investigating.

In the interim, AOL was queuing messages that already sent to relay them quickly once the problem was solved.

''All e-mails sent by AOL members and individual Internet users during this temporary hiatus will be delivered to e-mail inboxes,'' said spokesman Nicholas Graham. ''During this time, some e-mails will be able to be sent and received intermittently.'' AOL is a unit of Time Warner Inc.

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