Re: Mail sometimes goes to another person

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From: N. Miller (nsm_at_blackhole.aosake.net)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:45:56 -0800

In article <#$oDiWs7DHA.2044@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, ejs@none.net says...
> My friend has had this happen several times now. She sends me an email but
> it goes to someone else. One time she replied to one of my emails but the
> reply went to one of her friends that has the same ISP as I do. My friend
> has a different ISP then I do. She called her ISP and they said that it was
> a known issue with Outlook Express and she should update it.
>
> This is before when you she was running Windows ME. We have formatted her
> drive now and installed XP with SP/1 and all updates. It seemed good for a
> couple of weeks and today she told me she sent an email to me and it went to
> one of her girl friends. She called her ISP again and they still insist it
> is Outlook Express and that perhaps wiping out the hard drive would fix it.
>
> I have never heard of this before and told her I think her ISP is full of
> it. She called my ISP and they said they never heard of this or why it was
> happening and said it wasn't no fault on their end.
>
> Are both ISP's beating around the bush cause they don't know or do they know
> and don't want to say just what it is or is this a known issue with Outlook
> Express? If so, then how or what must we do so this don't happen again.
> Thankfully it is not personal, private or sensitive email. It could be
> embarrassing or could be a security thing too having your mail go to someone
> not intended for it to go to and them seeing all your business.

AFAIK, email can only go wrong if the address is given wrong. The client
sends the message to the SMTP server, the SMTP server determines where it
goes from there. If you get the address wrong, the mail will go wrong. 

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Norman
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