I sent my friend an email and it came back to me, what is wrong?
Well, there are a number of things that can be wrong. But look at the email that was sent back to you and look for "error codes"
They are no big secret and really give you a clue!
1. user is over quota
OK, WELL that's an easy one.. look at it and see where it says they are "over quota", that means she needs to log onto her email and download some. She's reached her mailbox size limit. Until she empties her mail box... she's all full up.
Someone probably sent her some photos...
She will be back on soon. Just hang onto the note and forward it to her in a day or two. Might even want to let your friend know that Yahoo email has a free version and there are no size limits to your inbox anymore. Gmail's limit is so big, no one I know has reached it! And there are more of those kinds of services around: hotmail, bigstring.com, etc.
2. Bad destination mailbox address
The bottom line to this one is that the mail box no longer exists. It might be because the person closed it up him/herself, or it might be cause they didn't pay their bill and the company did it for them.
These are the two you will find the most often. Other codes are explained here:
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/codes.htmland here:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3463.htmlthe codes might be worded slightly different depending on the program or service, but the codes remain mostly universal.
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