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Dear Roady

Thanks for the response. The issue is not with the ISP. Once they break the
connection, and after a few minutes, OUTLOOK can restart on a new connection
(so they really have not solved their own problem of blocking spammers).

The problem is why does OUTLOOK not restart when the mailmerge has imported
more than 160 messages or so?

If the number is lower, say 120, OUTLOOK proceeds normally: sending 20
messages, getting interrupted by the ISP, waiting 5 minutes, sending another
20, getting interrupted by the ISP, waiting 5 minutes, etc.

Thanks
Akram

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Clearly your ISP has imposed restrictions. You are probably restricted in
> the amount of people you can address in a single email, amount of messages
> you can send per hour and the amount of messages you can send per day.
> Ask your ISP for the exact limits.
>
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> "Akram Najjar" <AkramNajjar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FAED5D6A-4B84-47AA-8018-AE2AB00FC4EC@microsoft.com...
> > 1) I use OUTLOOK 2003 for an email newsletter whose addresses are in
> > Excel.
> > It imports well into OUTLOOK following the 6 step mailmerge procedure.
> > 2) My ISP shuts down the connection after 20 messages from the same
> > sender.
> > But that is OK since I parametrize OUTLOOK to restarts sending after 5
> > minutes.
> > 3) Problem: when the list is larger than something like 165, OUTLOOK sends
> > 20 emails and then refuses to continue sending (ie, after the 5 minutes).
> > 4) After several shutdowns and restarts of OUTLOOK, it reaches a level of
> > 120 messages or so in the OUTBOX and then it goes on sending every 20
> > messages normally and completes its job.
> >
> > Any reason for that?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Akram
> >
>