diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
index 8c2d04f5ff4a5671340b8df6c33fd594858a44e4..0cad86159285357ea3f420930e61abdb8554b00f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
@@ -5449,7 +5449,7 @@ void pack_netmail(void)
 				fprintf(fp,"%s\n",getfname(hdr.subj));
 				fclose(fp);
 				if(write_flofile(req, addr,/* bundle: */false, cfg.use_outboxes, /* del_file: */true, hdr.attr))
-					bail(1);
+					continue;
 				netmail_sent(path);
 			}
 			continue;