Could it be because their Inbox is full or because they flat-out don't
like the message I'm sending? I get these failures a lot when I write emails to newspapers. I'm getting paranoid.
2007-01-11 10:22:47 · 1 answers · asked by ? 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
If you're getting a bounced-message from the server that you're trying to send e-mail to, check what the error message says.
"Unable to deliver message" because "Account no longer active" or "account does not exists" means that you either mistyped the email address to begin with or that the email account doesn't work/exist currently.
"Unable to deliver message" because "Mailbox is full" ... well, that's obvious enough.
"Unable to deliver message" because your email provider is not recognized ... the receiving server might have you (or more precisely, your email provider) blocked because it might have been some source of unsolicited commercial email (U.C.E.) or some historical abuse, etc.
Again, without seeing the actual error message that you've been getting when your email bounces, it's hard to diagnose the problem.
2007-01-11 10:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Life is a Highway ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋