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carmel11

I am trying to message someone from Ebay eg mail@peter.nl but my iphone wont accept this format? Why is this

macman

carmel11 wrote: »

I am trying to message someone from Ebay eg [EMAIL="mail@peter.nl"]mail@peter.nl[/EMAIL] but my iphone wont accept this format? Why is this

Because it's not a valid address?
'peter' is unlikley to be a valid domain name.
An address is more usually something like [EMAIL="mail@peter.ISP.nl"]mail@peter.ISP.nl[/EMAIL]

carmel11

that is his email in paypal too

macman

I'd contact him through eBay messaging and get him to confirm the address.
Can you email that address OK through another device?

googler

macman wrote: »

Because it's not a valid address?
'peter' is unlikley to be a valid domain name.
An address is more usually something like [EMAIL="mail@peter.ISP.nl"]mail@peter.ISP.nl[/EMAIL]

A Whois search shows the domain to be valid and active.

googler

carmel11 wrote: »

I am trying to message someone from Ebay eg mail@peter.nl but my iphone wont accept this format? Why is this

What do you mean by "won't accept this format"?

What happens? Do you get an error message? If so, what is it?

carmel11

that isnt actually his email-i wouldn't put that on a public forum,though it does prove its a valid format.i have now sent from my computer,it appears to have sent.
Strange email format admittedly,to us in the uk
I have asked him to reply so i know it has worked

carmel11

hes just replied-he got the computer sent emails and confirms its his correct address.I wonder if there is a setting in my iphone i could tweak?

carmel11

I can't remember exactly what the message sent.But something like ,not valid address.Now I have added him on my computer as a contact,its accepting it to send on my iphone but sending back hotmail notificationof delivery failure from the iphone one, I just tried it again.

tronator

macman wrote: »

Because it's not a valid address?

Why is that?

macman wrote: »

'peter' is unlikley to be a valid domain name.

"peter" is not, but "peter.nl" is.

macman wrote: »

An address is more usually something like [EMAIL="mail@peter.ISP.nl"]mail@peter.ISP.nl[/EMAIL]

I heard the rumour that there are people who use their own domain instead of their ISP's one. Might be just a rumour... ;-)