Deleted email addy keeps bouncing back...

[Adela]

WinXP home; IE6; OE6

Hello, a couple of email addresses I had on my list bounced several times because, the bouncing program said, "address not found" or somthing. So I decided to get rid of them by deleting them. This always worked with similar cases, but it seems these 2 are stubborn and the bouncing program keeps bouncing them back to me.

Kindly let me know if there's a way for me to get rid of these 2 forever without having to install another program?

Thanks so much for any suggestions. Adela

[Steve R Jones]

The ISP you sent the mail too will try for a few days to deliver the mail...It will eventually give up.

[Adela]

Hello and thank you Steve, but it has been bouncing them back, after deleted, for around a month now. And it happens with each message I send out. Actually one of them has been bouncing back (after deleted) for over a year now and with each new message I forward to my list! Do you really think it may take this long?

I keep scanning my list many times thinking it might be in some corner but... no such 2 names appear...

Thanks again. Adela

[bigBonehead]

Hi Adela.... IMO, you should consider upadating to IE8, and the current version of OE... JMHO.... of course... YMMV!

[Adela]

Oh thank you bBh! Do you really think upgrading to IE8 will solve this problem? I'm waiting until the last moment to do it since I've read many people's complaints about IE8. Does upgrading the OE mean going to Outlook? Ditto for this too...

I searched for the meaning of "YMMV" but didn't find it. Spell it out for me please?

Thanks very much for your opinion, I'll think more about the upgrades... Adela

[GroundZero3]

This is off topic but you can still download and install IE7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[Adela]

Thank you so much GroundZero, but which do you think should I upgrade to, IE7 or IE8? And do you know if there's a charge?

Thanks again. Adela

[bigBonehead]

Hello again Adela... Your Mileage May Vary

As far as the update to IE goes, if you are using the Microsoft Update Service, it should automatically offer version IE8. If... for some reason you do not have the update service active in Windows, I highly recommend you activate it, to get all security and usability patches from MS.... If you are concerned about IE8 though, use the link that GZ3 kindly provided to get IE7... There will be no charge for it.

[Adela]

Hi...and thanks for YMMV! lol! Also thank you so much for recommending to upgrade the IE. Yes, IE8 appears at each turn in my computer reminding me to update so, being I don't know either the IE7 or IE8 I may as well take the plunge and take the latest, which I'll do the next time it appears, if it doesn't I'll go to Microsoft...

Also for years now a little icon waiting in my taskbar pops up each time I open the computer saying "Updates are ready for your computer click here to install". Are these updates something that will come with the IE update, or do you think I should go ahead and accept them now?

So sorry to take so much more time from you and, again, my gratitude for your help as well as the help of Steve and GZ3. Adela

[vass0922]

Quote:

and the bouncing program keeps bouncing them back to me

do you have an app that is sending mail outside of outlook express?
some sort of mass mailer application?

just making sure