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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: vwheeler
date: 2003-10-22 21:58:26
subject: Re: why George puts his foot in his mouth

From: vwheeler 

The rejected messages I receive usually have an explanation for why the
message was rejected and sometimes a link to a web page with one or more
possible solutions as in this reject from AOL.


    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.:
<<< 554- (RTR:BB)  The IP address you are using to connect to AOL is a
dynamic
<<< 554- (residential) IP address.  AOL will not accept future e-mail
transactions
<<< 554- from this IP address until your ISP removes this IP address
from its list
<<< 554- of dynamic (residential) IP addresses.  For additional information,
http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
... while talking to mailin-01.mx.aol.com.:



Geo. wrote:
> When you reject mail coming from a mail client, the client hides the error
> message you supply. It just says something stupid like "error
c0003fd" or
> something totally meaningless like that.
>
> Geo. (at least that's been the only description I've been able to get so
> far)
>
> "vwheeler"  wrote in message
> news:3f968a6e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>Use the current check then look for the OSX email signature send a
>>canned reply to the matches that there mail was bounced because it
>>contains hidden code.
>>
>>
>>Geo. wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This isn't word doing this, it's apparently only that new OSX email
>
> program
>
>>>Entourage.
>>>
>>>Geo.
>>>
>>>"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>>>news:3f95e0fb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>No, I haven't seen comments in HTML email, but the problem is that
>>>
>>>Microsoft
>>>
>>>
>>>>defaults to HTML (bad choice in my book) and people are
choosing to use
>>>
>>>Word
>>>
>>>
>>>>to edit email (why, I have NO idea, and another bad choice.)
>>>
>>>Unfortunately,
>>>
>>>
>>>>since this is all valid.....
>>>>
>>>>- Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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