Hello tb...@thebat., Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7:29:31 PM, you wrote:
MP> Dear Paul, MP> @11-Nov-2010, 12:44 +1000 (11-Nov 2:44 AM here) Paul Berger [PB] in MP> mid:1581115022.20101111124...@optusnet.com.au said: PB>> When sending an email to a number of people, you get the message Mail PB>> box full. It turns out that 3 of them had full mailboxes, so none of PB>> the messages were sent. So sent them in smaller batches. MP> That's not what happened. The only mechanism with the power to say MP> that a mailbox is full is that of a single recipient mailbox's MP> server after all messages have been sent. MP> What would have happened is that all messages were sent. Then 3 of MP> the servers sent you back a "mailbox full" bounce. Each bounce MP> notice would be for a single mailbox - unless some of the mailboxes MP> were on the same server - some servers can combine multiple Non MP> Delivery Reports. If all recipients addresses were in the To field MP> then the NDRs you get back would requote your original To address, MP> which could have given you the impression that none of the MP> recipients got their message. MP> So, when you resent the message, 12 of your recipients would have MP> got the message twice. MP> Another way to handle it could be to use the Mass Mailing feature of MP> TB to send individual messages to multiple recipients. Many thanks for the full explanation. Will look into the mass mailing feature. -- Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using The Bat! v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ...If a train station is where the train stops, what's a work station? ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
