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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 20 Aug 2021 19:37

Is it possible for someone to block me from their e Mail address and if so what happens if I send an email to that address?

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 20 Aug 2021 20:22

Yes they can block and they won’t receive your email and it won’t get sent back to you.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 20 Aug 2021 21:31

Thank you nameslessone, it does seem strange that they won't get it and that it doesn't come back to me.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 21 Aug 2021 08:03

I suppose blocking would be pointless if they still got your emails but I am surprised the email is not returned or noted as 'not delivered'.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Kentishmaid

Kentishmaid Report 21 Aug 2021 08:51

I am guessing that as the email address is a valid address it would not be returned to sender. I have only had emails returned if I have made a mistake in the email address. I guess if someone closed their e mail account and you sent them an e mail then it would be returned.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 21 Aug 2021 09:29

It is a valid email address, I have always clicked on the reply button and had an answer, however I have just sent one so waiting now to see if I get any sort of answer.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 21 Aug 2021 11:45

I block all the junk mail addresses that come to me. I did find once that I seemed to have blocked a non-junk address by accident and had to scroll through hundreds of blocked ones to find it.

Researching:
Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 21 Aug 2021 17:07

Well no answer came the stern reply lol so I will not know if she blocked me or is ignoring me.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Aug 2021 17:59

I only receive notification that an email cannot be delivered when the server will not accept it, then I get a Daemon reply from my server to say it cannot be delivered.

I take that to mean that my server cannot "talk" to their server.

I've never had an email returned for any other reason.


We do often tell people on here who complain about people not responding to requests via GR pms that they must have changed their email address on file with GR and that thus it cannot be delivered, and no-one will know.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 21 Aug 2021 19:48

She is my sister and the last email I had from her was a day or two ago and it wasn't nice so maybe I'm better off without her.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.