> This  annoying  behavior  is found in Outlook Express and Outlook. I
> get  frequent  calls  from customers who can't send email because an
> errant  message keeps popping up as unsendable. It's quite annoying,
> and it's amazing that MS has never seen fit to fix it.

To  be  fair, however, you're not comparing this with the consequences
of the alternate behavior:

-  User  must  consult  an  out-of-band  session  log or faked "System
Administrator" message to determine the outcome of a session.

- Users must re-compose a message based on the failed addresses only.

-  Users  _still_  don't  have  any more verbose information as to the
reason  that an address was rejected, just the 5xx from the server; if
they've  mistyped  an  address  at their local domain and can't figure
that out, they'd likely freak out in either case.

I  don't  know too many users who'd call the help desk for the Outlook
behavior, yet who'd be miraculously comfy with the alternate behavior.
I  seem  to  be  in  the minority of people who actually consider this
behavior an relative asset for the users in question.

And  I  can't  skip this punchline, Rod. . . The Bat! exhibits exactly
the same behavior, at least by default.

--Sandy


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