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Email Error
Messages
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Why
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An
unknown error has occurred while attempting to receive mail |
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Error
550 Relaying Denied |
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Returned
Mail: User Unknown |
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Returned
Mail: Host Unknown |
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The
Following Addresses Had Permanent Fatal Errors |
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Messages
that are sent to me are being returned to sender |
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Why
are some messages undeliverable?
Email
delivery usually fails for the following reasons:
- The email address has
been typed incorrectly.
- Hardware or software problems with
the email server may have prevented e-mail
delivery.
- The email address may
no longer be valid.
If your email message was
undeliverable, you will most likely receive an email
message containing an error report that explains why the message
couldn’t be delivered.
What to do if you get an email error report:
- Verify that you typed the email
address correctly.
- Open a Web page to see if you have
an active Internet connection.
- If your Internet connection is
active, try sending email to someone else to verify
that your email software settings are correct.
- Call the person you are emailing
to find out if her or his mailbox is full (that is, over the
permitted size limit), disabled, or not working for some other
reason. Email servers will reject mail sent to full or
inactive mailboxes.
- Check the email error
report for explanations of the delivery failure. The messages in
this report provide important reasons why your email
couldn't be delivered.
If other people can receive email
from you, wait a while and try sending the “undeliverable” email
again. Often problems like this are intermittent, and waiting a little
while is all that it takes.
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An
unknown error has occurred while attempting to receive mail
This message can
indicate a variety of issues, but it usually starts with the amount of
drive space left.
To resolve this
issue, try increasing the amount of free space on your hard disk drive
by removing unnecessary files or unused programs. Empty your recycle
bin, then try to receive your email.
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Error 550 Relaying
Denied
This error
occurs when an email message is sent to a server that does
not recognize the sender.
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Returned Mail:
User Unknown
This error
indicates that a message you attempted to send was returned because
there was a problem with the username in the original email
message. Check the entire email address for mistakes,
particularly the first part of the email address (the part
before the @ symbol).
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Returned Mail: Host
Unknown
This error
indicates that a message you attempted to send was returned because
there was problem with the host name in the original email
message. Check the entire email address for mistakes,
particularly the second part of the email address (the part
after the @ symbol).
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The Following
Addresses Had Permanent Fatal Errors
This error
indicates that the message you sent was returned because there was a
problem with the email address. Most often, problems like
this are caused by mistakes in the email address.
Double-check the email address, then try resending the
message.
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Messages that
are sent to me are being returned to sender
When you check your email, messages that have accumulated
in your mailbox are downloaded to your computer, freeing up email
storage space in your mailbox.
If your mailbox
becomes full, new incoming messages will be returned to the sender. A
person who sends an email to you when your mailbox is full
receives an email stating “the user(s) account is
temporarily over quota.”
To help prevent
this, make sure any settings that leave mail on the server are disabled.
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