In IU Webmail, how do I recover the text of an email message when an error occurs during sending?
Note: This information pertains solely to the current (i.e., production) Webmail interface for Cyrus email accounts at Indiana University. UITS is testing a new version of the Webmail interface; see Information about the Webmail pilot project.
In IU Webmail, when you try to send email and there is an error
during sending, you'll receive an error message stating that your
email was not sent, and showing the server transcript that tells you
what happened and why the message was not sent. In Webmail, the
message you tried to send is saved as an attachment to the error
message. It will not be in your Sent Items folder.
To retrieve the text of the message you tried to send, click the second attachment in the error message, which is usually labeled:
attachment of type message/rfc822Here's an example of the error message:
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@indiana.edu> To: <janedoe@indiana.edu> Time: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:57:28 -0500 (EST) Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <=?iso-8859-1?q?hot=5Fmail@hotmail.com?=> (reason: 550 Host unknown) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 5.1.2 <=?iso-8859-1?q?hot=5Fmail@hotmail.com?=>... Host unknown (Name server: hotmail.com?=: host not found) attachment of type message/delivery-status attachment of type message/rfc822Note: The two attachments will be clickable links.
Also see:
- Features of IU Webmail
- In IU Webmail, what are Options and how do I use them?
- In IU Webmail, how do I check my account quota?
- Why are some people at IU not receiving the email I send them?
Last modified on August 13, 2007.






