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

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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 D…fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable — fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable (process/thread limit) (Linux)fork: retry: Resour…EMFILE — Too many open files (EMFILE) (Linux)EMFILESES: Maximum sending rate exceeded — Amazon SES: Throttling — Maximum sending rate exceeded (454 Throttling failure) (Email / SMTP)SES: Maximum sendin…IMAP: Too many simultaneous connections — IMAP: NO [ALERT] Too many simultaneous connections. (Failure) (Email / SMTP)IMAP: Too many simu…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…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 4.5.3 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 …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 …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…EADDRINUSE — Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::3000 (Node.js)EADDRINUSEEPIPE — Error: write EPIPE (Node.js)EPIPEmaxBuffer exceeded — RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded (Node.js)maxBuffer exceededENOENT — Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory (Node.js)ENOENTECONNRESET — Error: socket hang up / read ECONNRESET (API)ECONNRESET1040 — MySQL ERROR 1040 (08004): Too many connections (MySQL)1040MessageRejected — SES MessageRejected: Email address is not verified. The following identities failed the check in region (AWS)MessageRejectedSendGrid 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 …Mailgun: 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…Postfix: SASL authentication failed — Postfix: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory (Email / SMTP)Postfix: SASL authe…IMAP: [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials — IMAP: NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure) (Email / SMTP)IMAP: [AUTHENTICATI…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 5.7.26452 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…552 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…553 5.7.1 Sender address rejected: not owned by user — SMTP: 553 5.7.1 <noreply@example.com>: Sender address rejected: not owned by user user@example.com (Email / SMTP)553 5.7.1 Sender ad…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…530 5.7.0 Authentication Required — SMTP: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first / 530 5.7.1 Authentication required (Email / SMTP)530 5.7.0 Authentic…SmtpClientAuthentication is disabled for the Tenant — SMTP: 535 5.7.139 Authentication unsuccessful, basic authentication is disabled / SmtpClientAuthentication is disabled for the Tenant (Email / SMTP)SmtpClientAuthentic…DKIM: body hash did not verify — DKIM: dkim=fail (body hash did not verify) / signature verification failed (Email / SMTP)DKIM: body hash did…SMTPAuthenticationError (Python) — Python: smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted') (Email / SMTP)SMTPAuthenticationE…NOAUTH — ReplyError: NOAUTH Authentication required. (Node.js)NOAUTHToo many authentication failures — Received disconnect: Too many authentication failures (Linux)Too many authentica…Authentication token manipulation error — passwd: Authentication token manipulation error (Linux)Authentication toke…

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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.

EMFILELinux

Too many open files (EMFILE)

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

SES: Maximum sending rate exceededEmail / SMTP

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

You are sending faster than your Amazon SES account's per-second limit, so SES throttles the requests.

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.

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…

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 4.5.3 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.

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.

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…

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EADDRINUSENode.js

Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::3000

Another process is already listening on that port.

EPIPENode.js

Error: write EPIPE

Node wrote to a pipe or socket whose other end was already closed.

maxBuffer exceededNode.js

RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded

child_process.exec/execSync produced more output than its buffer allows (default 1 MB).

ENOENTNode.js

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

A file or directory the program tried to open doesn’t exist at that path.

ECONNRESETAPI

Error: socket hang up / read ECONNRESET

The other side closed the TCP connection abruptly while your client was still using it.

1040MySQL

MySQL ERROR 1040 (08004): Too many connections

MySQL reached `max_connections` and refuses new clients.

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…

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).

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.

Postfix: SASL authentication failedEmail / SMTP

Postfix: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory

Postfix could not authenticate a user (inbound) or could not log in to a relay (outbound) because the SASL service or credentials…

IMAP: [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentialsEmail / SMTP

IMAP: NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)

The IMAP server rejected the login — wrong password, IMAP disabled, an app password required, or basic auth blocked.

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).

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.

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…

553 5.7.1 Sender address rejected: not owned by userEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 553 5.7.1 <noreply@example.com>: Sender address rejected: not owned by user user@example.com

The SMTP server only lets an authenticated user send as addresses they own, and the From/envelope sender does not match the login.

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.

530 5.7.0 Authentication RequiredEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first / 530 5.7.1 Authentication required

The server will not accept mail until you encrypt the connection (STARTTLS) and/or authenticate, and your client did neither.

SmtpClientAuthentication is disabled for the TenantEmail / SMTP

SMTP: 535 5.7.139 Authentication unsuccessful, basic authentication is disabled / SmtpClientAuthentication is disabled for the Tenant

Microsoft 365 turned off password-based SMTP AUTH for your mailbox or tenant; your client must use OAuth or the setting must be r…

DKIM: body hash did not verifyEmail / SMTP

DKIM: dkim=fail (body hash did not verify) / signature verification failed

The receiver recomputed the message hash and it does not match the DKIM signature, so the message was altered after signing.

SMTPAuthenticationError (Python)Email / SMTP

Python: smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted')

`smtp.login()` was rejected by the server — wrong credentials, wrong password type, or authentication not allowed for that accoun…

NOAUTHNode.js

ReplyError: NOAUTH Authentication required.

The Redis server requires a password (or ACL user) but the client didn’t authenticate.

Too many authentication failuresLinux

Received disconnect: Too many authentication failures

Your SSH agent offered too many keys before the right one, and the server cut the connection (MaxAuthTries, default 6).

Authentication token manipulation errorLinux

passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

passwd couldn’t update the password — the root filesystem is read-only, /etc/shadow has wrong permissions/attributes, or a PAM ru…