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Weird issue.

 

I belong to¡ªand moderate one¡ªseveral groups associated with groups.io. The only one with which I seem to be having an issue is called [email protected]. Sometimes, when I reply to a post in that group, the message goes through just fine. At other times, within a few minutes after sending it, the reply comes back as undeliverable. Unfortunately, the file that is supposed to explain the problem doesn¡¯t come up when I click it; but, what I can determine is that it says that the group with the recipient¡¯s name doesn¡¯t exist. All of us in [email protected] are members of one group. It is not divided into sub-groups, and it is a free group. Other members, as far as I know, are not having this issue. I don¡¯t use any weird email settings; and my account isn¡¯t bouncing, as I receive all email messages that are sent to groups.io and not to a specific member off list. Any idea as to what might be going on, and what I can do about it? When the replies come back, I have to re-formulate them and send them off list to a specific member.
 

My best guess is that you need to look (very) closely at the address in the to field when sending.

Taking your post below as an example, it come 'from' "Pam Coffey via groups.io" <abc@...> where the address abc@... has been 'munged' (yes, it's a genuine technical term) to avoid rejection by some of the 'big boys' is the email business. If your mail program, for whatever reason, tries to send a message 'to' that address then groups.io will reject it with the message you describe.

Generally this occurs (in my limited experience) either by using 'reply all' and not checking what has gone into the 'to' field or by using 'reply' in a mail program that ignores the 'reply-to' header.

best, Malcolm.

On 02 May 2025 02:06:45 (+01:00), Pam Coffey via groups.io wrote:

I belong to¡ªand moderate one¡ªseveral groups associated with groups.io. The only one with which I seem to be having an issue is called [email protected]. Sometimes, when I reply to a post in that group, the message goes through just fine. At other times, within a few minutes after sending it, the reply comes back as undeliverable. Unfortunately, the file that is supposed to explain the problem doesn¡¯t come up when I click it; but, what I can determine is that it says that the group with the recipient¡¯s name doesn¡¯t exist. All of us in [email protected] are members of one group. It is not divided into sub-groups, and it is a free group. Other members, as far as I know, are not having this issue. I don¡¯t use any weird email settings; and my account isn¡¯t bouncing, as I receive all email messages that are sent to groups.io and not to a specific member off list. Any idea as to what might be going on, and what I can do about it? When the replies come back, I have to re-formulate them and send them off list to a specific member.
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Malcolm Austen -- malcolm.austen@...

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