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to: Paul Ranson
from: Geo.
date: 2003-10-23 19:08:56
subject: Re: why George puts his foot in his mouth

From: "Geo." 

When the server issues OK to the DATA statement the email program starts
sending data, if that data completes and the email program issues the . on
a line by itself and then receives an error message instead of OK it should
show that message to the user.

Geo.

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3f980024$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> No, it's an 'email program never gets to finish sending' error.
>
> Paul
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3f97ab74$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > That's a bounced email message, when the server you connect to in order
to
> > send outbound email rejects the mail your email program never gets to
> finish
> > sending and so you don't see a bounced email you get a popup error that
> the
> > email client had a problem.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "vwheeler"  wrote in message
> > news:3f9735d2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > 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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