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Offline Frog

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non existent gmail address?
« on: March 16, 2018, 11:36:19 AM »
What's up with this?
I keep getting emails from an gmail email address, that when I reply, the replies keep getting kicked back with a Delivery Failure message saying
(after RCPT TO): 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
550 5.1.1  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser l124-v6si4068158itd.16 - gsmtp

Since these are replies, I am not mis-typing the address
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Re: non existent gmail address?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2018, 12:49:00 PM »
They have their "reply-to" address set incorrectly. Look at the headers for the actual "from" address.
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Re: non existent gmail address?
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2018, 12:55:53 PM »
But I also copied and pasted their "from addresss" and tried another from my yahoo mail. shouldn't that have worked?
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Re: non existent gmail address?
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2018, 01:05:34 PM »
Not if they have their reply-to misspelled. You have to dig through the headers to find out.

Also, many times, the mistake can be obvious.
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Re: non existent gmail address?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 08:52:29 AM »
Or it could be spam. . .

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