that .no could be what is hanging things up. I have seen issues like this and there should be an option somewhere on aol to allow mail
from foreign providors to come through. What happens is that the foreign providor appends a header that aol is blocking due to some character set issue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxwell Ivey Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: Re: unusual mail problem Well, that is what I figured. I replaced the a with the @, and they received my message, but every time they try to reply the mail is returned to them as undeliverable. Thanks, Max On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:50 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > I think the (a) is supposed to be an @. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maxwell Ivey Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:45 PM > Subject: unusual mail problem > > > Hello gang; I am having an problem receiving a particular email. > First, let me say that I don't believe it has anything to do with > apple. I think it has to do with a quirk of the particular internet > provider in italy. I sent this fellow an email. I had to alter his > address because it wasn't in the usual format. He received the > message because he called to let me know that he had been trying > unsuccessfully to send me email at my return address. Here is the > email address. If any of you have an idea of how I can receive mail > from it, I'd appreciate it a lot. His address is > aasmund(a)lundstivoli.no Apple mail won't let me enter it. My aol > account wouldn't let me enter it. My peoplepc account wouldn't > either. I set my spam filter to send any email to that folder > reguardless of what is potentially wrong with an incoming message. > I'm sure that I'll be ok if I can just send one message successfully > to that address. Any guesses? And have any of you run into this > before. And this is hampering my ability to follow up on an offer on > my most valueable piece of equipment I have for sale right now. I've > had to make several calls to italy because I can't send and receive > email from this man. And with the time difference, I've been playing > phone tag on top of every thing else. I hope someone has an idea. > Thanks, Max > > > > Max Ivey Jr. The Midway Marketplace Office 936-273-6960 Cell 281-989-0448 www.midwaymarketplace.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo messenger id midwaymarketplace
