Dozens of students have complained of long delays in mail forwarding this summer, saying their mail is arriving weeks late. Some even say they have gone more than a month without receiving any forwarded mail at all.

But not to worry, says Harvard University Mail Services (HUMS), the office responsible for forwarding student mail over the summer: the checks are in the mail.

Vera Keller '02, who is working in Cambridge over the summer, said that she has not received any forwarded mail since the end of the spring semester.

"It's kind of strange, because I usually get a lot of mail," she said.

Items such as overdue notices for library books and grade reports have yet to arrive at Keller's summer DeWolfe address or her home address in New York.

But HUMS employees say they are not responsible for delays in mail forwarding, blaming the long route student mail travels before reaching a forwarding address.

According to HUMS manager Ursula Moore, mail goes from the original sender to the U.S. post office in Central Square, and is then delivered to the address each student had on campus during the year.

The superintendent's office in each individual House sorts the mail, taking out items for House masters, tutors and others still living in the house.