chirpy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I have tried to send an internet message but it was not sent and the error report said "bad recipient address syntax ". What does this mean the address I was given had the first letter as a capital and the rest was lower case.[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I take it you mean an email.Upper and lower case letters in an email address are irrelevant although I still sometimes get people telling me capital this lower that.............Whilst disguising the actual recipient but still in EXACTLY the same format can you post the email address here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 o.k. an example with ficticious names and company............................e-mail address was given as .............................Williamb@humptydumpty.com I apologise if this is anyone's address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Nothing wrong with that at all syntax wise so no idea why it was rejected ?Have you got the full header from the notification ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 They may have simply given you the wrong address or spelt it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 An incorrect address would not get bounced for a syntax error which is why I asked for the full header [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Please see reply at 19.39 hours above,thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhorse Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 If you do a Google search on bad recipient address syntax, you'll get a number of forums discussing this very issue.E.g. it may or may not be necessary to have the email address in brackets e.g. <fred@dogsdoodahs.eu>Sent to too many recipients at once, malformed address book, commas/full stops/erroneous white space etc. ISP error. Have you contacted your ISP to see if there's a server error at their end?Looking through some of the forums there's quite a list of things it could be...Hope you get a speedy resolution - damned annoying when one can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Could it require a dot in the first half of the address? i.e. william.bloggs@whosit.comOr perhaps the ISP requires a different formula, so the address above would be rejected because it might need to be something like william.bloggs@whosit.co.uk?????Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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