# Recurrent phantom mailings with net/smtp **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 9, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recurrent-phantom-mailings-with-net-smtp/68132 "2006-09-09T15:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recurrent-phantom-mailings-with-net-smtp/68132/1 "2006-09-09T15:38:25Z")
Hi – I’ve got a script that sends an email message to me, using the net/smtp library. After the message is sent – in the most recent case, for weeks after the message is sent – I get re-sendings of the message, at the rate of about one every three or four days. I can give more info if necessary but I was wondering whether this was enough for anyone to identify what the problem is and what I can do to fix it. Thanks – David ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recurrent-phantom-mailings-with-net-smtp/68132/2 "2006-09-09T15:47:05Z")
unknown wrote: > After the message is sent – in the most recent > case, for weeks after the message is sent – I get re-sendings of the > message, at the rate of about one every three or four days. > David It sounds like there’s something wrong with the mail server, rather than the library. Maybe there’s an alias loop, or the receiving server is saying it rejected the message when it actually delivered it, and the sending server keeps trying… Who knows. Without the actual email, headers and all, I doubt anyone here can help much. (And I personally wouldn’t post my headers, but I’m paranoid.)