smtp response codes

by Ed Fisher on 2007-06-07

in Infrastructure

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211System status or system help reply
214Help message
220Service ready
221Service closing transmission channel
250Requested mail action okay
251User not local will forward to
252Cannot VRFY user but will take message and attempt delivery
253messages pending for node started
354Start mail input end with
355Octet-offset is the transaction offset
421Service not available
432A password transition is needed
450Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable
451Requested action aborted: local error in processing
452Requested action not taken: insufficient system storage
453You have no mail
454TLS not available due to temporary reason
458Unable to queue messages for node node
459Node node not allowed: reason
500Syntax error
501Syntax error in parameters or arguments
502Command not implemented
503Bad sequence of commands
504Command parameter not implemented
521Machine does not accept mail
530Must issue a STARTTLS command first
550Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
551User not local please try forwardpath
552Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage allocation
553Requested action not taken: mailbox name not allowed
554Transaction failed

Enhanced Error Codes
x.1.0 Other address status
x.1.1 Bad destination mailbox address
x.1.2 Bad destination system address
x.1.3 Bad destination mailbox address syntax
x.1.4 Destination mailbox address ambiguous
x.1.5 Destination mailbox address valid
x.1.6 Mailbox has moved
x.1.7 Bad sender’s mailbox address syntax
x.1.8 Bad sender’s system address
x.2.0 Other or undefined mailbox status
x.2.1 Mailbox disabled, not accepting messages
x.2.2 Mailbox full
x.2.3 Message length exceeds administrative limit
x.3.0 Other or undefined mail system status
x.3.1 Mail system full
x.3.2 System
not accepting network messages

x.3.3 System not capable of selected features
x.3.4 Message too big for system
x.4.0 Other or undefined network or routing status
x.4.1 No answer from host
x.4.2 Bad connection
x.4.3 Routing server failure
x.4.4 Unable to route
x.4.5 Network congestion
x.4.6 Routing loop detected
x.4.7 Delivery time expired
x.5.0 Other or undefined protocol status
x.5.1 Invalid command
x.5.2 Syntax error
x.5.3 Too many recipients
x.5.4 Invalid command arguments
x.5.5 Wrong protocol version
x.6.0 Other or undefined media error
x.6.1 Media not supported
x.6.2 Conversion required and prohibited
x.6.3 Conversion required but not supported
x.6.4 Conversion with loss performed
x.6.5 Conversion failed

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