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SES: Maximum sending rate exceeded Amazon SES: Throttling — Maximum sending rate exceeded (454 Throttling failure)

Email / SMTP · layer 2, Network

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SES: Maximum sending rate exceeded — Amazon SES: Throttling — Maximum sending rate exceeded (454 Throttling failure) (Email / SMTP)SES: Maximu…MessageRejected — SES MessageRejected: Email address is not verified. The following identities failed the check in region (AWS)MessageRejectedMailgun: Sandbox domains are for test purposes only — Mailgun: 403 Forbidden — Sandbox subdomains are for test purposes only. Please add your own domain or add the address to authorized recipients (Email / SMTP)Mailgun: Sandbox do…421 4.7.0 Try again later (rate limited) — SMTP: 421 4.7.0 Our system has detected an unusual rate of unsolicited mail originating from your IP address. Mail sent from your IP address has been temporarily rate limited (Email / SMTP)421 4.7.0 Try again…450 4.7.1 Greylisted, please try again later — SMTP: 450 4.7.1 <user@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: Greylisted, see http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/help/example.com.html (Email / SMTP)450 4.7.1 Greyliste…429 Too Many Requests (Laravel throttle) — Laravel: Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\ThrottleRequestsException: Too Many Attempts. / 429 Too Many Requests (Laravel)429 Too Many Reques…452 4.5.3 Too many recipients — SMTP: 452 4.5.3 Your message has too many recipients / 452 Too many recipients received this hour (Email / SMTP)452 4.5.3 Too many …550 5.4.5 Daily user sending quota exceeded — SMTP: 550 5.4.5 Daily user sending quota exceeded (Gmail) (Email / SMTP)550 5.4.5 Daily use…SendGrid 403: from address does not match a verified Sender Identity — SendGrid: 403 Forbidden — The from address does not match a verified Sender Identity. Mail cannot be sent until this error is resolved (Email / SMTP)SendGrid 403: from …PHP mail — PHP mail() returns false / emails not delivered (PHP)PHP mailIAM AccessDeniedException — AccessDeniedException: User: arn:aws:iam::... is not authorized to perform: service:Action on resource: ... (AWS)IAM AccessDeniedExc…Malformed Lambda proxy response — API Gateway {"message": "Internal server error"} 502 — Malformed Lambda proxy response (AWS)Malformed Lambda pr…451 4.3.0 Local error in processing — SMTP: 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error / 451 Requested action aborted: local error in processing (Email / SMTP)451 4.3.0 Local err…452 4.2.2 Mailbox full / over quota — SMTP: 452 4.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over quota (Email / SMTP)452 4.2.2 Mailbox f…DMARC fail: SPF and DKIM not aligned — DMARC: dmarc=fail (p=REJECT) — SPF and DKIM pass but domains are not aligned with the From header (Email / SMTP)DMARC fail: SPF and…SMTP Error: Could not authenticate — WordPress / PHPMailer: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate / SMTP connect() failed (WordPress)SMTP Error: Could n…550 5.7.1 — 550 5.7.1 Relaying denied / Message rejected as spam / Unauthenticated email not accepted (Email / SMTP)550 5.7.1550 5.7.26 — 550 5.7.26 This mail has been blocked because the sender is unauthenticated (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) (Email / SMTP)550 5.7.26552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed limit — SMTP: 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size (Email / SMTP)552 5.3.4 Message s…550 5.7.1 Blocked using zen.spamhaus.org — SMTP: 550 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [203.0.113.5] blocked using zen.spamhaus.org (Email / SMTP)550 5.7.1 Blocked u…550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied — SMTP: 550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. AS(201806281) [DB5EUR03FT015.eop-EUR03.prod.protection.outlook.com] (Email / SMTP)550 5.4.1 Recipient…419 Page Expired — Laravel: 419 Page Expired (CSRF token mismatch) (PHP)419 Page ExpiredAttempt to read property "x" on null — Laravel/PHP 8: ErrorException: Attempt to read property "name" on null (Laravel)Attempt to read pro…Sanctum: 401 Unauthenticated — Laravel Sanctum: {"message":"Unauthenticated."} 401 on API / SPA requests (Laravel)Sanctum: 401 Unauth…EMFILE — Too many open files (EMFILE) (Linux)EMFILEfork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable — fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable (process/thread limit) (Linux)fork: retry: Resour…554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client host rejected — SMTP: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [203.0.113.5] blocked / 554 5.7.1 <mail.example.com>: Client host rejected: Access denied (Email / SMTP)554 5.7.1 Service u…534 5.7.9 Application-specific password required — SMTP: 534-5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 (Email / SMTP)534 5.7.9 Applicati…535 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted — SMTP: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials (Email / SMTP)535 5.7.8 Username …IMAP: Too many simultaneous connections — IMAP: NO [ALERT] Too many simultaneous connections. (Failure) (Email / SMTP)IMAP: Too many simu…

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MessageRejectedAWS

SES MessageRejected: Email address is not verified. The following identities failed the check in region

SES refused to send because the From address/domain isn’t verified — or the account is still in the SES sandbox, where recipients…

Mailgun: Sandbox domains are for test purposes onlyEmail / SMTP

Mailgun: 403 Forbidden — Sandbox subdomains are for test purposes only. Please add your own domain or add the address to authorized recipients

You are sending from Mailgun's free sandbox domain, which only delivers to addresses you have manually authorized.

421 4.7.0 Try again later (rate limited)Email / SMTP

SMTP: 421 4.7.0 Our system has detected an unusual rate of unsolicited mail originating from your IP address. Mail sent from your IP address has been temporarily rate limited

The receiving server (often Gmail or Outlook) is temporarily throttling your mail because the volume or reputation of your sendin…

450 4.7.1 Greylisted, please try again laterEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 450 4.7.1 <user@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: Greylisted, see http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/help/example.com.html

The recipient server deliberately rejected the first delivery attempt from an unknown sender (greylisting) and expects a legitima…

429 Too Many Requests (Laravel throttle)Laravel

Laravel: Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\ThrottleRequestsException: Too Many Attempts. / 429 Too Many Requests

Laravel's rate limiter blocked the client for exceeding the allowed requests per minute.

452 4.5.3 Too many recipientsEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 452 4.5.3 Your message has too many recipients / 452 Too many recipients received this hour

The server limits how many recipients a single message or sender may have; yours exceeded it.

550 5.4.5 Daily user sending quota exceededEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 550 5.4.5 Daily user sending quota exceeded (Gmail)

The Gmail or Google Workspace account reached its 24-hour sending limit, so it stops accepting outgoing mail until the limit rese…

SendGrid 403: from address does not match a verified Sender IdentityEmail / SMTP

SendGrid: 403 Forbidden — The from address does not match a verified Sender Identity. Mail cannot be sent until this error is resolved

SendGrid only sends from addresses or domains you have verified (single sender or domain authentication).

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PHP mailPHP

PHP mail() returns false / emails not delivered

PHP’s mail() function failed or emails never arrive (spam or rejected).

IAM AccessDeniedExceptionAWS

AccessDeniedException: User: arn:aws:iam::... is not authorized to perform: service:Action on resource: ...

The IAM user or role making the call has no permission for that action on that resource — the message names both.

Malformed Lambda proxy responseAWS

API Gateway {"message": "Internal server error"} 502 — Malformed Lambda proxy response

The Lambda behind an API Gateway proxy integration returned something that isn’t the required {statusCode, headers, body} shape,…

451 4.3.0 Local error in processingEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error / 451 Requested action aborted: local error in processing

The server hit an internal problem (disk, database, content filter, DNS) while handling your message and asked you to retry later.

452 4.2.2 Mailbox full / over quotaEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 452 4.2.2 The email account that you tried to reach is over quota

The recipient's mailbox has exceeded its storage quota, so the server will not accept new mail for now.

DMARC fail: SPF and DKIM not alignedEmail / SMTP

DMARC: dmarc=fail (p=REJECT) — SPF and DKIM pass but domains are not aligned with the From header

Authentication passed for another domain (your ESP's), but neither the SPF Return-Path domain nor the DKIM `d=` domain matches th…

SMTP Error: Could not authenticateWordPress

WordPress / PHPMailer: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate / SMTP connect() failed

The SMTP server rejected the login or couldn’t be reached — wrong credentials, app passwords required, wrong port/encryption, or…

550 5.7.1Email / SMTP

550 5.7.1 Relaying denied / Message rejected as spam / Unauthenticated email not accepted

The receiving (or your outgoing) mail server refused the message — relaying isn’t allowed, the sender isn’t authenticated, or it…

550 5.7.26Email / SMTP

550 5.7.26 This mail has been blocked because the sender is unauthenticated (SPF/DKIM/DMARC)

Gmail/Outlook rejected the message because SPF and DKIM didn’t pass for the sender’s domain (DMARC failure).

552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed limitEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

The message, including attachments after base64 encoding, is larger than the receiving or sending server accepts.

550 5.7.1 Blocked using zen.spamhaus.orgEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 550 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [203.0.113.5] blocked using zen.spamhaus.org

The receiving server checked your IP in a DNS blocklist (Spamhaus, Barracuda, SORBS…) and refused your mail because it is listed.

550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access deniedEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. AS(201806281) [DB5EUR03FT015.eop-EUR03.prod.protection.outlook.com]

Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online rejected the message because the recipient address does not exist in that tenant (Directory Based…

419 Page ExpiredPHP

Laravel: 419 Page Expired (CSRF token mismatch)

Laravel rejected a POST because the CSRF token was missing, expired or didn’t match the session.

Attempt to read property "x" on nullLaravel

Laravel/PHP 8: ErrorException: Attempt to read property "name" on null

You accessed a property on a value that is `null`, typically an empty relationship or a query that found nothing.

Sanctum: 401 UnauthenticatedLaravel

Laravel Sanctum: {"message":"Unauthenticated."} 401 on API / SPA requests

A request to a `auth:sanctum` route had no valid token or session, so Laravel returned 401.

EMFILELinux

Too many open files (EMFILE)

The process hit its file-descriptor limit — sockets, files and pipes all count.

fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailableLinux

fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable (process/thread limit)

The user or container hit its maximum number of processes/threads (ulimit -u, pids cgroup), so new processes can’t be created.

554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client host rejectedEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [203.0.113.5] blocked / 554 5.7.1 <mail.example.com>: Client host rejected: Access denied

The server refused the connection from your IP because it is blocked by policy, not in the allowed list, or listed on a blacklist.

534 5.7.9 Application-specific password requiredEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 534-5.7.9 Application-specific password required. Learn more at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

The Google account has 2-Step Verification on, so SMTP clients cannot use the normal password; they need an app password (or OAut…

535 5.7.8 Username and Password not acceptedEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials

The server received your login but rejected it — wrong username or password, an unusable password type, or a blocked sign-in.

IMAP: Too many simultaneous connectionsEmail / SMTP

IMAP: NO [ALERT] Too many simultaneous connections. (Failure)

The server limits concurrent IMAP sessions per account and your clients (phone, laptop, scripts) opened more than allowed.