Topic: Bouncing Email

Polite People Say Helo First

 Ever get a bounce error message for one of your list members that said, "Polite people say helo first" and you thought that missing "L" in Helo was a typo? Here's a good link to explain what that means and... continue reading
Posted on December 24, 2003 | Comments (0)

Bouncing Limits at Yahoogroups?

 Q: If it only takes one hard bounce to set your address to Bouncing, how many soft bounces does it take and over what time frame? A: The last time that Yahoogroups techs explained the bouncing limits (somewhere in 2001),... continue reading
Posted on December 26, 2003 | Comments (0)

Bounce codes

 Got members bouncing? Getting all those strange codes and don't know what they mean? Check out this site: SMTP Reply Codes (scroll down the page to the table labeled "SMTP Reply Codes") Thanks to Fuzzy Logic for posting the link... continue reading
Posted on December 26, 2003 | Comments (0)

Bounce codes for Excite

 If you have Excite users on your lists, this page from Excite has explanations about their bounce codes, a short summary at the top and more details for each code below that.... continue reading
Posted on December 26, 2003 | Comments (0)

What is bouncing? (aka Help! A list member stopped receiving list mail!)

 Q. What the heck is bouncing? A. It's the email equivalent of a telephone busy signal (soft bounce) or a "this number has been disconnected" message (hard bounce) for a telephone number. Soft bounces (busy signal) happen when the recipient's... continue reading
Posted on March 27, 2004 | Comments (0)

Yahoo removing bouncing members after six months

 Yahoo is now removing bouncing members who have been bouncing for more than six months (well, that's what they say, but nothing's perfect so you may still find members who've bouncing for longer than six months that haven't been removed).... continue reading
Posted on August 14, 2004 | Comments (0)