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SMTP Response Code With Its Meaning

The document lists various SMTP response codes and their meanings. Codes range from 101-555 and indicate things like server errors, authentication results, mail delivery status, and more. Common codes include 220 indicating the server is ready, 250 for command completion, 451 for local errors, and 550 for unavailable mailboxes. Response codes help diagnose issues in email transmission and delivery.

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SMTP Response Code With Its Meaning

The document lists various SMTP response codes and their meanings. Codes range from 101-555 and indicate things like server errors, authentication results, mail delivery status, and more. Common codes include 220 indicating the server is ready, 250 for command completion, 451 for local errors, and 550 for unavailable mailboxes. Response codes help diagnose issues in email transmission and delivery.

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SMTP Response code with its meaning

Code What it means


101 Server connection error (wrong server name or connection port)
211 System status (response to HELP)
214 Help message (response to HELP)
220 The server is ready (response to the client’s attempt to establish a TCP connection)
221 The server closes the transmission channel
235 Authentication successful (response to AUTH)
250 The requested command is completed. As a rule, the code is followed by OK
251 User is not local, but the server will forward the message to <forward-path> 
The server cannot verify the user (response to VRFY). The message will be accepted and
252
attempted for delivery
334 Response to the AUTH command when the requested security mechanism is accepted
The server confirms mail content transfer (response to DATA). After that, the client starts
354
sending the mail. Terminated with a period ( “.”)
421 The server is not unavailable because it closes the transmission channel
422 The recipient’s mailbox has exceeded its storage limit
431 File overload (too many messages sent to a particular domain)
441 No response from the recipient’s server
442 Connection dropped
446 Internal loop has occurred
450 Mailbox unavailable (busy or temporarily blocked). Requested action aborted
451 The server aborted the command due to a local error 
452 The server aborted the command due to insufficient system storage
454 TLS not available due to a temporary reason (response to STARTTLS)
455 Parameters cannot be accommodated
471 Mail server error due to the local spam filter
Syntax error (also a command line may be too long). The server cannot recognize the
500
command
501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
502 The server has not implemented the command
503 Improper sequence of commands
504 The server has not implemented a command parameter
510 Invalid email address
512 A DNS error (recheck the address of your recipients)
523 The total size of your mailing exceeds the recipient server limits
530 Authentication problem that mostly requires the STARTTLS command to run
535 Authentication failed
538 Encryption required for a requested authentication mechanism
541 Message rejected by spam filter
Mailbox is unavailable. Server aborted the command because the mailbox was not found
550
or for policy reasons. Alternatively: Authentication is required for relay
551 User not local. The <forward-path> will be specified
552 The server aborted the command because the mailbox is full
553 Syntactically incorrect mail address 
The transaction failed due to an unknown error
554 or
No SMTP service here as a response to the client’s attempts to establish a connection
555 Parameters not recognized/ not implemented (response to MAIL FROM or RCPT TO)

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