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The account or domain may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.

When I write to an email address I get back the error: The account or domain may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.

In 99% of cases, you receive this error when you write an email to a domain that doesn't exist. It most likely existed in the past, but the domain owner decided to stop renewing their hosting service. Thus, this is a permanent error. There's no point in trying again. Simply delete that email address from your contact list. Example of the error: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: info@example.com The mail server could not deliver mail to info@example.com. The account or domain may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.