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Jul 20, 2008 | 12:06 AM

Gottaford

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From: Chaparral, NM

An email returned question

Hi all. I've gotten emails back in the past that say MAILER-DAEMON and it wasn't deliverable for three hours, etc., and most times there is a problem on the other end or their mail box is full or whatever. But I was wondering if it could also mean that I've been blocked, or would I get a different type of message actually telling me that I'm blocked?

Jul 20, 2008 | 02:29 AM

bradshaw6243

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I do not think that means you have been blocked.

Jul 20, 2008 | 07:51 AM

tjc transport

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with most isp's, if you were blocked you would get a message on the lines of "the intended addressee has refused to accept email messages from you" or something to that effect.

Jul 20, 2008 | 08:46 AM

littlesunray

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it also could mean that you may have misspelled the email wrong, or like has been said before that the mail box is full but if you are being blocked you would get a message stating that you are being blocked try resending the email to the person again and see what happens. good luck hope we have helped you out.

Jul 20, 2008 | 02:25 PM

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Hi.... I sent it again and it returned again. I know the address is correct. I guess I'll keep trying. I just didn't want to keep doing so if I was, in fact, being blocked. Thanks for your replies. They were very helpful.

Jul 20, 2008 | 08:27 PM

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Do you know how to find the email's headers? If you can get to them I can tell you exactly what happened.

Jul 21, 2008 | 12:00 AM

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Hi FTE.... the only 'headers' that I'm familiar with are on cars.... LOL.... but I'll send the whole message I got from the DAEMON (minus the email addy) which is as follows:

The original message was received at Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:18:20 -0400 (EDT)
from imo-d05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.229]

*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to the e-mail
administrator or Postmaster at that destination.

--AOL Postmaster

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<******@*******.com>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
451 4.4.1 reply: read error from smtp.******.com.
<*****@*******.com>... Deferred: Connection timed out with smtp.*****.com.
Message could not be delivered for 3 hours
Message will be deleted from queue