what is the meaning of this error message? what happened?

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hba2pd

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Oct 20, 2006, 4:27:45 PM10/20/06
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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.

Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:

(email address)

Message will be retried for 2 more day(s)

Technical details of temporary failure:
TEMP_FAILURE: Unspecified Error (SENT_MESSAGE): Connection reset by peer

Kenny

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Oct 20, 2006, 4:59:42 PM10/20/06
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It means that the email you sent to (email address) was received by their email provider but that the provider is having diffculty forwarding it on to your intended recipient but will nevertheless keep trying for a couple more days.
 
In other words, they're alerting you to the possibility that the recipient may never receive your email.  E.g., perhaps they no longer have an account with that provider.

 

Ryan Morehart

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Oct 20, 2006, 4:57:42 PM10/20/06
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It just means that one of the stops between the Gmail servers and the
server's for the email service the person you were sending to is having
a problem. However, it will likely be resolved very quickly and you
don't have to worry about it.

Ryan

hba2pd

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Oct 20, 2006, 5:30:42 PM10/20/06
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Thank you.

I attached a fairly large documents >6MB to this email.

1. Can it be that they did not get the email because of the attachement
size?

2. Can it be that they blocked my email address?

3. Is it possible to get notified on this issue earlier (not every two
days but like every 6 hours).

Best regards,

Kenny のメッセージ:

> ------=_Part_159412_15164349.1161377982171
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
> X-Google-AttachSize: 1174
>
> <div>It means that the email you sent to (email address) was received by their email provider but that the provider is having diffculty forwarding it on to your intended recipient but will nevertheless keep trying for a couple more days.
> </div>
> <div>&nbsp;</div>
> <div>In other words, they're alerting you to the possibility that the recipient may never receive your email.&nbsp; E.g., perhaps they no longer have an account with that provider.<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">hba2pd</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:hba...@gmail.com">hba...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification<br><br>THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.
> <br><br>YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.<br><br>Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(email address)<br><br>Message will be retried for 2 more day(s)<br><br>Technical details of temporary failure:
> <br>TEMP_FAILURE: Unspecified Error (SENT_MESSAGE): Connection reset by peer<br><br><br>
> ------=_Part_159412_15164349.1161377982171--

Ryan Morehart

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Oct 21, 2006, 6:46:11 AM10/21/06
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Inline.

On Oct 20, 5:30 pm, "hba2pd" <hba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> I attached a fairly large documents >6MB to this email.
>
> 1. Can it be that they did not get the email because of the attachement
> size?

Maybe, but this happens sometimes even with small messages.

> 2. Can it be that they blocked my email address?

Nope, doesn't mean they blocked you. It was just having delivery
problems which will likely be resolved.

> 3. Is it possible to get notified on this issue earlier (not every two
> days but like every 6 hours).

No, it's not a function you, Google, or the person you are sending to
have any control over.

Ryan

burton...@gmail.com

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Oct 21, 2006, 6:38:14 PM10/21/06
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Once  you get the delay notification, all you can do is wait.  If you do not get a followup message, that means your mail went through.  If it did not you will be notified that the server was unable to deliver your message - and usually there is an explanation of why not (mailbox full, name unknown, no domain user established, etc.).  The size of your attachment will have nothing to do with the result. - Wolfeman
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