Here is what message I get from Mail Delivery System:-

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:

[email protected]
SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:< our email address>:
host mail.reddeer.ca [207.34.102.209]: 550 Denied by policy.

I know we have no virus's as my OH is rather hot on checking these and have had no other trouble sending to other sites. The address is correct as it is on the City of Red Deer site and automatically issues an email with it's address. I have contacted by phone and the lady there is a bit of a mechanical robot who it seems reads from a sheet. We did manage to get out of her that she does receive mails from (Resumes) Oz etc. but she wasn't sure about UK. Asked her to get their IT to look into it.

We have now reached a brick wall it seems with this one. My only alternative would be to mail a friend in Red Deer and ask her to try forwarding on our behalf.

Anyone wanna try and send a mail as a test?

[email protected] (this is their main address for resumes)
I have tried other email addresses given by their human resources to no avail. Get same replies. ????

Longshot here.
You using hotmail or aol? Lots of organisations automatically deny emails from those sources.

Have you tried copy and paste? I've had agencies tell me they can't read my resume because WordPerfect won't translate (or whatever), to Word? I now copy and paste into the body of the e-mail, rather than send as an attatchment

Hi Alison, I remember you PM'ing me a few weeks ago....and you found this job for your OH straight away. Sorry to hear you've been struggling to get his Resume to them. I see the job is still being advertised and seeing as you're having such problems emailing it, try the fax route and then follow up with another phone call to see if they received it ok.....if the faxed copy is suffice for them, then you won't need to bother with the email hassle.

Best of luck with this job though, all finger's crossed and hope it works
Jaycee

Nope - using blueyonder broadband

Thanks for idea, but I have sent a mail saying this is a test without any attachment and still no good.

Hi Jaycee
Long time no speak. How are you?
As I guess your probably well aware, nothing in Canada seems urgent. Everyone seems sooo laid back and when someone says "yep - I'll email those details to you right now" - what they mean is give us a few days or a week. I have faxed a copy of OH resume to Red Deer a little while ago due to fact that we had so many problems emailing it. I regularly scan the HRSDC job bank to see whats available and this week they have advertised the very same vacancy. I thought maybe they were trying to fish further afield and they have also extended the time limit?? I have since spoken to the HR department and she said she would find his resume and resubmit it. We sort of say to ourselves "Yeh right". If all else fails then when we come in the Spring we will be able to talk to someone up front. The crazy thing is there seem to be loads of jobs in his particilar field and we have been told that due to the ageing population in this trade are having real difficulties filling posts and the fact that some of the younger ones seem to be disappearing to Florida.

We have had some good results from a large company in BC who as promised sent Matt trade booklets/health & safety manual/techniques and wanted his feedback and said to keep in touch, which they have. Although NO JOB OFFER yet! Why is it everything seems to move in slow motion. We have discovered some of their methods are pretty prehistoric but I reckon thats maybe a good thing as he could help them move forward if willing.

I'll stop rambling now wouldn't want to send anyone to sleep.

Thanks to all for their help and input.

Alison

I'm no expert (I use a Mac *because* I don't care for technical stuff ) but it looks like your domain is blocked, probably a spammer has been using it/faking it?

Can you send from another domain? Or get in touch with the reddeer.ca admin people and ask them to take yours off the blacklist?

I just tried to send to the address you gave and think it's fine, well, I haven't received an undeliverable message and it's been over 30mins so I'm assuming it's fine.

Mine has gov.bc.ca after it...but anyone sending resumes to the Feds has to do it through the site enbedded in the relatively new revamped online application process. Anything coming from outside Canada is routinely filtered and bounced.