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I cannot send or cc emails to myself otherwise I get and receive emails.

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ptownchase
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Hi, when I try to send my self an email or cc myself when sending an email to myself, I get the following message. BTW, I use RCN as my provider and they say it is probably a settings problem with mozilla. My email is alpert@rcn.com. 

 " An error occurred while sending mail.  The mail server responded: 5.5.2 RCPT error to syntax error.  Please check the message recipient, " alpert@rcn.com" and try again.

Anything that anyone can do to help me out will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Mark

Hi, when I try to send my self an email or cc myself when sending an email to myself, I get the following message. BTW, I use RCN as my provider and they say it is probably a settings problem with mozilla. My email is alpert@rcn.com. " An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.5.2 RCPT error to syntax error. Please check the message recipient, " alpert@rcn.com" and try again. Anything that anyone can do to help me out will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mark

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Matt
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your message error contains this text 

 " alpert@rcn.com"

that blank space before the address makes the address invalid. If you have added yourself to the address book I suggest you check for a leading space in the entry you have created.