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13 years ago

I tried to send an email to an old friend my Son found on facebook, and he said he would like to hear from me and gave Scott his email addy. I sent an email to him yesterday and I got a notice this morning that said....Message delivery to__________ delayed SMTP module.

Any one knows what the heck that means?

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User
13 years ago
I tried looking it up but it makes no sense to me.

Here is a link that might be useful: delayed SMTP module.
rivkadr
13 years ago
It means that the mail server for your friend is delaying your message from being sent. This can happen for many reasons, but it's all on their email provider's side -- nothing you can do, other than wait to see if it goes through.

Are you 100% certain that you have the correct email address?
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dotmom
Original Author
13 years ago
No, not 100% but it is the one my son emailed to me. Guess I'll just wait and see if it goes through, otherwise, when my son talks to him via facebook, I'll have him give Derrik my email addy. Thanks for the input.
yayagal
13 years ago
More than likely the email address is incorrect. That typically means that the .com is .net or the other way around. Have your son forward the address again and check it.
vala55
13 years ago
Have your son give him your email addy and you can get his from that. When I give someone my email I make sure they see the 1 as a one not an L. They look similar in small letters 1..l
cynic
13 years ago
It's also possible there's a spam filter involved that has blacklisted your mailhost.

This is a case where a cc or bcc would work well. Have Scott do an email to both you and the friend; you'll have the address to copy & paste and try again. You can also do a test email to the friend, cc/bcc it to Scott and see how it goes.

It could be it's just delayed and will go through later.

But... don't you have some packing to do my dear??? ;)
dotmom
Original Author
13 years ago
OK, Cynic, I get the hint. Nag! Nag! Nag! LOL
Lindsey_CA
13 years ago
Not knowing where the recipient's mail server is (where he works or at his Internet Service Provider, etc.), makes it slightly more difficult to pin down the answer, but right now I'd say that you don't have to be concerned about not having the correct e-mail address.

Where I work, we have Exchange mail servers. There have been times that, for one reason or another, we close the incoming/outgoing gateway to the network. Mail within the agency is still sent/received, but mail into or out of the agency is held in queue while whatever needs to be done is being done. When the maintenance/repair is completed, the gateway is opened and all of the messages that were held are now allowed out/in.
cynic
13 years ago
Hey Dotmom, remember the attorney who stole my slogan: This is all I do and I do it well!

Tick, tick, tick...
:)
dotmom
Original Author
13 years ago
LOL Cynic. Hubs fave saying to someone who flubs up....Everybody should do what they do best.

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