Undeliverable email messages


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> Occasionally when retrieving your email messages, you may
> notice a message with a subject of "undeliverable mail" or
> something similar. Messages of these types are often sent
> to let us know that one of our previous emails could not
> be properly delivered. By examining the email, the reason for
> nondelivery can be determined.
>
> Email addresses are always in the form of .
> Let's break the email address into it's three parts to help us
> better understand delivery problems.
>
> The first part of the address is the user's name, often referred
> to as the username. In this case the username is 'jdoe'.
>
> The '@' sign is the second part of an email address and divides
> the first part from the third part (I bet you had that already
> figured out)!
>
> The last part of an email address is the name of the system
> where the user's email box resides. In our example, jdoe's
> email box resides on the system (or host computer) known
> on the Internet as 'terragon.com'.
>
> The majority of the time, you will see one or two error
> messages. Different email systems have different wording,
> but they usually refer to the same thing.
>
> The first is:
> unknown user:
>
> This error message means that there is a system/host
> named terragon.com, but there is not a user/email box
> named jdoe on that host. Either the person no longer
> has an email box on that system, or perhaps you might
> have misspelled it when you originally typed it in your
> email.
>
> The second message is:
> unknown host:
>
> This means that an attempt was made to deliver your
> message to a mailbox at terragon.com, but the system
> could not be found. Most often this message simply means
> you mistyped the system/host name.
>
> For example, if you meant to send an email to a friend at
> compuserve.com, but you accidently typed the host name
> as cmopuserve.com, you might get a message back saying
> "unknown host."
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> For more information about how email works, read the
> Scientific American article:
> http://www.sciam.com/1998/0398working.html
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Internet Tip of the Day:

Occasionally when retrieving your email messages, you may
notice a message with a subject of "undeliverable mail" or
something similar. Messages of these types are often sent
to let us know that one of our previous emails could not
be properly delivered. By examining the email, the reason for
nondelivery can be determined.

Email addresses are always in the form of .
Let's break the email address into it's three parts to help us
better understand delivery problems.

The first part of the address is the user's name, often referred
to as the username. In this case the username is 'jdoe'.

The '@' sign is the second part of an email address and divides
the first part from the third part (I bet you had that already
figured out)!

The last part of an email address is the name of the system
where the user's email box resides. In our example, jdoe's
email box resides on the system (or host computer) known
on the Internet as 'terragon.com'.

The majority of the time, you will see one or two error
messages. Different email systems have different wording,
but they usually refer to the same thing.

The first is:
unknown user:

This error message means that there is a system/host
named terragon.com, but there is not a user/email box
named jdoe on that host. Either the person no longer
has an email box on that system, or perhaps you might
have misspelled it when you originally typed it in your
email.

The second message is:
unknown host:

This means that an attempt was made to deliver your
message to a mailbox at terragon.com, but the system
could not be found. Most often this message simply means
you mistyped the system/host name.

For example, if you meant to send an email to a friend at
compuserve.com, but you accidently typed the host name
as cmopuserve.com, you might get a message back saying
"unknown host."
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