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    jhyn
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    hello everyone, i am trying to send an email using vb and when i get to mail.To.Add("j@yahoo.com") i get the following error: The specified e-mail address is currently not supported. any help will be great thanks in advance.

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      hello everyone, i am trying to send an email using vb and when i get to mail.To.Add("j@yahoo.com") i get the following error: The specified e-mail address is currently not supported. any help will be great thanks in advance.

      jyn

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      Mycroft Holmes
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      Do you get the error in VB or returned from yahoo?

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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        Do you get the error in VB or returned from yahoo?

        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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        dan sh
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        I guess Yahoo. He is sending single character email id which is actually not supported.

        C isn't that hard: void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void "Always program as if the person who will be maintaining your program is a violent psychopath that knows where you live." - Martin Golding

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          I guess Yahoo. He is sending single character email id which is actually not supported.

          C isn't that hard: void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void "Always program as if the person who will be maintaining your program is a violent psychopath that knows where you live." - Martin Golding

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          jhyn
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          i got the error in vb. :(

          jyn

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            i got the error in vb. :(

            jyn

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            Dave Kreskowiak
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            It would appear that the local-part of the address cannot be a single character. There MAY be a requirement that the address have at least 2 characters. You can test this yourself just by adding various addresses to the To property and see what happens. You do this WITHOUT actually sending the message! Now, if that works, the limit appears to be imposed by Yahoo's mail server, in which case, there's nothing you can do about it, unless you try using a different SMTP server.

            A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
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              It would appear that the local-part of the address cannot be a single character. There MAY be a requirement that the address have at least 2 characters. You can test this yourself just by adding various addresses to the To property and see what happens. You do this WITHOUT actually sending the message! Now, if that works, the limit appears to be imposed by Yahoo's mail server, in which case, there's nothing you can do about it, unless you try using a different SMTP server.

              A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
              Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
                   2006, 2007, 2008

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              hello, i tried various email addresses but still i got the same error. do i need to add any reference in my project or something like that just to send email? thanks.

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                hello, i tried various email addresses but still i got the same error. do i need to add any reference in my project or something like that just to send email? thanks.

                jyn

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                You've already added the appropriate reference, otherwise the code wouldn't even compile. It would appear that the server is rejecting your attempts to send mail.

                A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
                Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
                     2006, 2007, 2008

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