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e mail delivery failure-does it still get through to "cc" person?

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I'm using Outlook and have obviously got the main recipients e mail address wrong as I have got a delivery failure notification (which cites the main recipients e mail address as the problem). I will tweak (unsure of how nameis spelt) and try again but would this e mail have still got through to the person that was "CC'D" into the message (whose e mail address I know to be correct) or would the whole thing have not been delivered? (I don't want to resend e mail to CC'd person if they have already received a copy)

Many thanks

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  • mj12_2
    mj12_2 Posts: 281 Forumite
    Emuchops wrote: »
    I'm using Outlook and have obviously got the main recipients e mail address wrong as I have got a delivery failure notification (which cites the main recipients e mail address as the problem). I will tweak (unsure of how nameis spelt) and try again but would this e mail have still got through to the person that was "CC'D" into the message (whose e mail address I know to be correct) or would the whole thing have not been delivered? (I don't want to resend e mail to CC'd person if they have already received a copy)

    Many thanks

    Should have got through - got this from a quick google search:

    "the way that SMTP operates, as described in the RFC. Failure to deliver to one recipient does not affect delivery to other recipients."
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,844 Forumite
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    As soon as you send a message to multiple recipients a separate message is sent to the mail server corresponding to each recipient. If one message fails, the others get through (hopefully).
  • dixiebb
    dixiebb Posts: 666 Forumite
    yes, the cc one would get through -- if that failed too, it would be bounced back .
    A new abacus :D:A.

    red robin ribbed :kisses2:.
    Someone please contact the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cans!
  • Emuchops
    Emuchops Posts: 799 Forumite
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    Thats great - many thanks
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