Re:Has this happened to you? (was:Emailer Chokes on bad address)

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13080
interpreted = N
texte = Sorry - I thought someone had already answered you ---- What email server are you pointing at? What do you mean bad address? Most mail servers will accept almost anything for the to, as long as it has a @ sign - and then will bounce it to the sender if it was undeliverable.... >Howdy, > >I posted this last weekend and didn't get a response so I thought >I'd try again. > >When a client orders from me, I collect their Email address and pass it >to my ThankYou.tmpl. There, I have been sending a thank you for >ordering Email. > >I'm using >[SendMail to=[clientEmailAddress]&subject=Thank >You&from=eschrieffer@creativeedge.com]My message.[/SendMail] >in my ThankYou.tmpl to send the thank you for ordering Email. > >So far all is working great. > >But... > >If someone enters a false Email address, or just makes a typo when >entering their address, Emailer errors with -108. It continues to try to >send the same message and continues to error. It is very determined to >send the problem Email at the expense of the other Emails piling up in >the queue. Emailer clogs and won't send anything until I physically >remove the problem Email. > > >I haven't been able to find a good way to get Emailer to move on to the >next Email. Is there a setting I'm missing? > >Or > >Has this happened only to me? > > >- -- >Eddie Schrieffer >The Creative Edge >Spartanburg, SC >864.585.3343 Jay Van Vark ****************************** Pacific Coast Software | Commerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Hosting & Design Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ****************************** 619.675.1106 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re:Has this happened to you? (was:Emailer Chokes on bad address) (Jay Van Vark 1997)
Sorry - I thought someone had already answered you ---- What email server are you pointing at? What do you mean bad address? Most mail servers will accept almost anything for the to, as long as it has a @ sign - and then will bounce it to the sender if it was undeliverable.... >Howdy, > >I posted this last weekend and didn't get a response so I thought >I'd try again. > >When a client orders from me, I collect their Email address and pass it >to my ThankYou.tmpl. There, I have been sending a thank you for >ordering Email. > >I'm using >[SendMail to=[clientEmailAddress]&subject=Thank >You&from=eschrieffer@creativeedge.com]My message.[/SendMail] >in my ThankYou.tmpl to send the thank you for ordering Email. > >So far all is working great. > >But... > >If someone enters a false Email address, or just makes a typo when >entering their address, Emailer errors with -108. It continues to try to >send the same message and continues to error. It is very determined to >send the problem Email at the expense of the other Emails piling up in >the queue. Emailer clogs and won't send anything until I physically >remove the problem Email. > > >I haven't been able to find a good way to get Emailer to move on to the >next Email. Is there a setting I'm missing? > >Or > >Has this happened only to me? > > >- -- >Eddie Schrieffer >The Creative Edge >Spartanburg, SC >864.585.3343 Jay Van Vark ****************************** Pacific Coast Software | Commerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Hosting & Design Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ****************************** 619.675.1106 Jay Van Vark

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