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Outbound port 25 blocked SMTP: telnet smtp.example.com 25 — Connection timed out (cloud provider blocks port 25)
Email / SMTP · layer 2, Network
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connect: No route to host (EHOSTUNREACH)
The destination host isn’t reachable — it’s down, on another subnet without routing, or a firewall rejects with “host unreachable…
ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection timed out
SSH packets get no reply — a firewall/security group drops them, the server is off, or the IP is wrong.
Nodemailer: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 142.250.27.108:465 (code: 'ETIMEDOUT', command: 'CONN')
Nodemailer could not open a connection to the SMTP server before the timeout — a blocked port, wrong host, or network issue.
Laravel: Symfony\Component\Mailer\Exception\TransportException: Connection could not be established with host "smtp.mailtrap.io:2525": stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect
Laravel's mailer could not connect to the SMTP host configured in `.env`.
Postfix: status=deferred (connect to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[142.250.27.26]:25: Connection timed out)
Postfix could not reach the remote mail server on port 25, so the message stays in the queue and is retried.
Postfix: status=deferred (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=example.com type=A: Host not found, try again)
Postfix could not resolve the destination domain through DNS — the resolver is down or unreachable, or the domain does not exist.
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…
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…
Postfix: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use
Postfix cannot start its SMTP listener because another process (often Sendmail, Exim or a second Postfix) already uses port 25.
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.
Python: ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused — smtplib connect to localhost:25
Nothing is listening on the SMTP host and port your script connected to — often `localhost:25` because no host was given and no l…
PHPMailer: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Failed to connect to server (SMTP connect() failed)
PHPMailer could not open a socket to the SMTP server — wrong host/port/encryption, a blocked port, or a PHP/OpenSSL restriction.
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Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432
Nothing is listening at that host:port — the target service is down or you’re connecting to the wrong address.
Error: socket hang up / read ECONNRESET
The other side closed the TCP connection abruptly while your client was still using it.
Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied
A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out
Outbound SSH on port 22 is blocked (firewall, corporate or public Wi-Fi).
kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
The SSH connection was closed before the handshake — server overload, rate limiting, or a proxy/firewall interfering.
ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection refused
The server answered, but nothing is listening on the SSH port — sshd isn’t running, it uses another port, or a firewall actively…
Nodemailer: Error: Invalid login: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted (code: 'EAUTH', responseCode: 535)
The SMTP server rejected the credentials passed to Nodemailer.
Nodemailer: Error: Greeting never received (code: 'ETIMEDOUT', command: 'CONN')
The TCP connection was made but the server never sent its SMTP `220` banner — usually a TLS mode mismatch or a firewall/proxy swa…
Nodemailer: Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain (code: 'ESOCKET') / unable to verify the first certificate
Nodemailer refused the SMTP server's TLS certificate because it is self-signed, expired, hostname-mismatched or missing its inter…
Laravel: No application encryption key has been specified.
Laravel’s APP_KEY is missing, so it can’t encrypt sessions and cookies.
Laravel: 419 Page Expired (CSRF token mismatch)
Laravel rejected a POST because the CSRF token was missing, expired or didn’t match the session.
Laravel: Target class [App\Http\Controllers\X] does not exist.
Laravel’s container couldn’t find the controller or class named in a route or binding.
SMTP: 554 5.4.14 Hop count exceeded - possible mail loop
The message passed through too many mail servers (usually over 25), which almost always means two systems forward mail to each ot…
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…
SMTP: 550-5.7.25 The IP address sending this message does not have a PTR record setup, or the corresponding forward DNS entry does not point to the sending IP
Gmail (and others) require your sending IP to have a reverse DNS (PTR) record that resolves back to the same IP; yours has none o…
DKIM: dkim=permerror (no key for signature) / key not found in DNS selector._domainkey
The message is signed with a selector, but the receiver found no DKIM public key in DNS at that selector, so verification cannot…
DMARC: dmarc=none (no DMARC record found for example.com) — bulk sender requirements not met
The sender's domain publishes no `_dmarc` TXT record, so receivers cannot apply any policy; Gmail and Yahoo now require one for b…
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 5.7.1 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 5.7.26 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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
Python: smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed
The server closed the connection before your script finished the SMTP conversation — a timeout, blocked IP, TLS mismatch or rate…
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…
PHP: sh: 1: /usr/sbin/sendmail: not found — mail() returns false
PHP's `mail()` calls the `sendmail_path` program, but it is not installed or the path in php.ini is wrong.
SMTP: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number — SMTP over SSL on a STARTTLS port
Your client tried to start TLS immediately on a port where the server speaks plain SMTP first (or the reverse), so the handshake…
WordPress: Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function. / wp_mail() failed
WordPress could not send mail through PHP `mail()` because the server cannot hand the message to an MTA or the host disabled the…
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