Problems sending Emails

[Jim]

On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 14:03 -0400, Jim wrote:

> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 April 2009 18:16, Jim wrote:
> >   
> >> Giuseppe Fuggiano wrote:
> >>     
> >>> 2009/4/29 Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>:
> >>>       
> >>>> FC10/KDE4.2/ Thunderbird
> >>>>
> >>>> Sending Email Out to AOL.com.
> >>>> When I send a Email to a person at AOL.com I get a email , Failure to
> >>>> Send , Has anyone had problems like this ?
> >>>> They say the reason they can't send is because of a  "421 Error"
> >>>>
> >>>> My ISP ATT says it's because of Thunderbird, So I just hung up on them.
> >>>>         
> >>> Hi Jim,
> >>> Your question is not very complete. It would be better to know _who_
> >>> emits that error and the complete string.  What your ISP ATT is saying
> >>> exactly about Thunderbird?  The 421 error could refer to many
> >>> protocols...
> >>>
> >>> Check these parameters:
> >>>  * The SMTP server should be a valid.
> >>>  * Also the recipient.
> >>>
> >>> Bye
> >>>       
> >> I did verify the smtp settings with my ISP and they they are correct.
> >> By reading the "Failure" email I'm getting back, below is the part of
> >> the email.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
> >> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
> >> addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work
> >> out.
> >>
> >> <xxxxxxxx at aol.com>:
> >> 64.12.222.197 does not like recipient.
> >> Remote host said: 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND
> >> Giving up on 64.12.222.197.
> >>     
> >
> > Some years ago when my son had an AOL account, I had problems from time to 
> > time e-mailing him. It turned out that if there was loads of spam being 
> > allowed through by your ISP, and then turning up at AOL, AOL would block 
> > everything coming from your ISP until they did something about the spam.
> >
> > Whether AOL are still doing that, I don't know, and your ISP is hardly likely 
> > to admit to you that they are being blocked by AOL because of spam.
> >
> > It may be worth phoning your friend, and ask him/her to contact AOL, and ask 
> > if your ISP is being blocked.
> >
> > Nigel.
> >
> >   
> Thanks for that info.


Your error says basically the email address you are sending to doesn't
exists, Recheck the address and spelling making sure they are correct.
also check for a space you may have inserted before the recipient's user
name in the email address. I have found that problem on customers'
machines when I owned an internet service. If spelling is correct and no
spaces or periods in the address then confirm the proper email address
with the recipient.

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