receiving non-deliverable notices

[JohnR]

How do i choose to receive notices when my emails are undeliverable or
bounce? I used to get them in my old computer (Office 2000) but don't see how
I can opt for it in Office 2007. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Gordon]

How do i choose to receive notices when my emails are undeliverable or
bounce? I used to get them in my old computer (Office 2000) but don't see
how
I can opt for it in Office 2007. Any help will be appreciated.

You can't - it depends on the recipient's mail server...

 

[JohnR]

Gordon, but I don't get ANY bounces at all....I can't imagine everybody's
servers incompatible....what about when the address is outdated and there is
no recipient server?

 

[Gordon]

Gordon, but I don't get ANY bounces at all....I can't imagine everybody's
servers incompatible....what about when the address is outdated and there
is
no recipient server?

Depends on the email address - if it's a generic one then it will disappear
into the mail server...

 

[N. Miller]

"Gordon" wrote:

Gordon, but I don't get ANY bounces at all....I can't imagine everybody's
servers incompatible....what about when the address is outdated and there is
no recipient server?

There are two possible sources of a delivery failure notice. Most common
would be your own server. If you send an email to a non-existent email
address, and the remote server refuses to accept delivery, your own SMTP
message submission server should return it with a failure notice.

Less commonly, the remote server will accept email for delivery, then
determine that it is not deliverable. If your return email address is valid,
that server might send a delivery failure notice (if it is willing to risk
being blocked for "backscatter"), or it might not (if it is properly
configured to reduce the risk of "backscatter").

 

[F.H. Muffman]

There are two possible sources of a delivery failure notice. Most
common would be your own server. If you send an email to a
non-existent email address, and the remote server refuses to accept
delivery, your own SMTP message submission server should return it
with a failure notice.

Less commonly, the remote server will accept email for delivery, then
determine that it is not deliverable. If your return email address is
valid, that server might send a delivery failure notice (if it is
willing to risk being blocked for "backscatter"), or it might not (if
it is properly configured to reduce the risk of "backscatter").

If I might add:

If you want to be 100% sure it is Outlook that's the problem, shut it down
completely, use the web based mail reader your ISP gives you (if they give
you one) and send to an address you know should create a failed delivery
status notification.

If you get one, then start looking at Outlook rules and plugins.

If you don't, it isn't outlook at fault.

 

[N. Miller]

Depends on the email address - if it's a generic one then it will disappear
into the mail server...

Actually, it depends on the server; my server (I run my own) rejects
"generic" email addresses.