Re: Can not send email with spanish accent ñ

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 01:50:13 -0500

"Haim Guivon" <arieh@lookup.net> wrote in message
news:OrwhQByYEHA.3128@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
> We really have a problem here. I tried to send a test message to this
> email. I received the following:
>
> The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was
> rejected by the server. The rejected e-mail address was
> 'pequeña79_@hotmail.com'. Subject 'Esto es un test', Account: 'xxxx',
> Server: 'yyyyy.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '553 5.1.3
> syntax error; address cannot contain 8bit characters:
> pequeña79_@hotmail.com', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error:
> 553, Error Number: 0x800CCC79
>
> So maybe the wizes can interpret this better than myself.
>
> hope this helps,
> haim
>
> ==================================================
>
> "Brian Goodsby" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2663f01c4631a$c3ec7690$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I have tried both methods. First removing the Tilde
> symbol. It is sent but comes back as Mailer-Daemon,
> (hotmail does not have this address) Second, even when I
> type out the email pequeña79_hotmail.com it still gives
> the same error message. Could it be something else.
> Brian
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Try removing the tilde [~] from the n and then see if it
> sends correctly. I
>> suspect it will and should be received. Did you
> copy/paste the address into
>> the address book? If so, that's when you get a warning
> about addresses must
>> not include non-ASCII characters.
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
>> Please reply only to newsgroup.
>>
>>
>> "Brian Goodsby" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
>> news:26de601c4630b$7ad05440$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hello again,
>> I have not recieved an email from the person as of yet. I
>> was suppose to reply first. When I write the address down
>> in the (to) spot and then press send, it goes to the
>> check name window, I then proceed to add the name and
>> email address, when I do it say (Internet e-mail must
>> contain only ASCII characters), thats where it stops. I
>> have read the web page in reference to this matter, I am
>> puzzled because this is an e-mail from a friend in
>> mexico, I know it's a real email address. (for reference
>> only the address is pequeña79_@hotmail.com) what could be
>> the problem.
>>
>> .

That is a server message. Basically, it looks like your SMTP server does
not allow 8-bit characters in the email address. 

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