Help please!
I’m using Entourage (First mistake, using a Microsoft product when a perfectly good Apple alternative is available) and my internet service provider is Bellsouth (And number two mistake, their DSL is buggy and slow in my neighborhood – but cheap).
I’m getting an error message from Entourage when I try to send mail to certain people. These people don’t seem to have anything in common: service provider included. The error says “mail recipients weren’t recognized” or “server does not allow” me to send mail to these recipients.
Huh?
Anybody know what gives and how to fix it?
I know this isn’t a technical support blog but, it’s Saturday, Bellsouth puts me on hold for ages and Bill Gates isn’t answering his phone. What options do I have but to turn to the wise sages here at shlog.com.
Use webmail. Or make sure their address are absolutly correct and have no capital letters or spaces.
Otherwise it’s a server thing and it might take a fewe hours to a day, or never… Oh, write a letter to teh service provider. Letters move faster than anything, they say “ I took time to Bitc@h about your crappy service, you do as I say and help me or so help me God I will run your name all over the blogosphere” AND not pay …
Hi Shaun,
Like “ritz” said, this sounds like a server problem based on the errors you are getting. Your specific email address is being blocked for some reason. A lot of times this has to do with whatever security settings might exist on the server you are sending an email to. Here are a few options for you:
1. Make sure the emails are completely correct (like ritz said). I know this sounds trivial, but it happens all the time.
2. If you can, contact the email recipients and ask to be placed on their “Safe Sender” list (the name of this “list” is different for every service).
3. Contact your service provider and the service provider of the recipients to see if there is a problem. Honestly, it doesn’t sound like a problem with your service though since you are able to send emails to other people.
Hopefully, checking out either of these options will help you. When it comes to technology, there is a whole host of things that could be wrong. Anyway, hope this helps.
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Thanks, Allen
Hi Shaun,
What has (almost) always helped me troubleshoot error messages is to ‘Google’ the specific error message. You should put part of the message string in quotation marks along with the relevant application name. Here is an example:
“recipient was not recognized” entourage
“error 506” “message failure” entourage
You may be pleasantly surprised at the help you receive in taking this route. Remember that Google limits you to 10 keywords.
If you want to, please post the exact error message you have in your e-mail and I and other readers may be able to pinpoint the trouble more precisely.
Thanks,
Tim