I still think you need to call the phone company as we did to see if they
have a block on more than 100 emails to avoid spam and if so find a web
host that you can use to do batch emails, also as we did. This completely
solved the problem.
Valerie Ansted Warden
Georgia ForestWatch
4 River St., Ste. C
Ellijay, GA 30540
706-635-8733
www.gafw.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Standiford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: [support] Re: Bizarre batch email shenanigans
> Regarding my batch email bounces, here's a copy of the typical bounce
> message"
>
> "Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
>
> Subject: Planned Parenthood Survey
> Sent: 6/18/01 3:19 PM
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 6/18/01 3:19 PM
> The recipient name is not recognized
> The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a=
> ;p=ppnne;l=MAIL-010618191901Z-12589
> MSEXCH:IMS:ppnne:PPNTDOMAIN:MAIL 3550 (000B09AA) 550 MISSING
OR
> INCORRECT DOMAIN IN RCPT COMMAND"
>
>
> As far as I can see, there are two things going on, and i am not sure if
> they are related. One is that Outlook is not allowing me to send more than
> 200 messages as a time. (Our computer services are doing some work with
the
> firewall to see if they can fix the problem there. but outside of that
they
> are fresh out of ideas about the whole thing.)
>
> Additionally, batch emails that do go out (of less than 200 people) get
> bounced or do not reach their destination. Above is the bounce i receive
for
> the first address in the string, and I have confirmation from spot
checking
> that the others aren't reaching their destination as well.
>
> I have also reexamined the addresses in the bcc field and can't find
> anything out of order. They are all separated by a comma and a space
(though
> in my outlook program addresses get separated by a ; semi-colon..would
that
> matter??)
>
> As far as the steps i take to send the e-mail..i find the group to send to
,
> follow the steps on the wizard (and don't create source codes) and
generally
> paste the message from another email in my outlook program, though i have
> tried pasting from MWord as well. I can't think of any other info to
relate
> , but let me know if i am missing something.
>
> and thank you!
> Sarah Standiford
> PP Northern New England
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:16 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] Re: Bizarre batch email shenanigans
>
>
> There's no doubt that throwing the computer out the window would stop
> the messages from bouncing. But if your goal is to successfully send
> them...
>
> We'd need some more information to really dig into this. For example,
> what steps you take to send the email, and what the bounce message
> looks like.
>
> Email programs and servers are pretty fussy about how addresses are
> formatted. A string of addresses needs to be in the format
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and so on. If any one of the long
> string of addresses in a bulk message is ill-formed, the message will
> bounce. Have a look through the bcc: field after you paste your
> addresses into the message and see if you can spot something out of
> order.
>
> >Here's a bizarre scenario and continuation of my batch email drama.
> >
> >Everytime I send a batch email, the first email on the list gets bounced
> >back to me as undeliverable.
> >
> >I do not think the other emails are reaching their destination, because
> that
> >is the only bounce i receive (and i know there are more bad addresses
than
> >the first one on the list)plus i have received no replies for an email
that
> >requests one.
> >
> >I've attempted sending five batches of 150-250 emails at a time, and each
> >time this scenario has occured.
> >
> >Any advice? Im prepared to throw the computer out the window if anyone
> >thinks that will help.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Sarah Standiford
> >PP Northern New England
> >
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