{"id":784,"date":"2012-10-30T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/10\/30\/email-error-554\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:21:02","slug":"email-error-554","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/email-error-554\/","title":{"rendered":"554 Email Error for Email Delivery Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 554 email error<\/strong>\u00a0is sometimes thought of as a catch-all of email errors. It is generally used when there is a generic delivery failure that another email error code doesn’t directly define a problem for.<\/p>\n

Some mail servers also use a 554 error\u00a0<\/strong>even if there is a specific error code that defines what went wrong already.<\/p>\n

You should receive a bounce-back message from the server with a variation of\u00a0email error 554<\/strong>\u00a0in the subject, and the body should contain your original message that you attempted to deliver.<\/p>\n

Example bounce-back message<\/h2>\n
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Return-path: <>
\nEnvelope-to: sender@example.com<\/b>
\nDelivery-date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:40:30 -0700
\nReceived: from mailnull by biz32.inmotionhosting.com with local (Exim 4.77)
\nid 1TN050-0007it-Dw
\nfor sender@example.com<\/b>; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:40:30 -0700
\nX-Failed-Recipients: recipient@RemoteDomain.com<\/b>
\nAuto-Submitted: auto-replied
\nFrom: Mail Delivery System <mailer-daemon@biz32.inmotionhosting.com>
\nTo: sender@example.com<\/b>
\nSubject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender<\/a>
\nMessage-Id: <e1tn050-0007it-dw@biz32.inmotionhosting.com>
\nDate: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:40:30 -0700<\/e1tn050-0007it-dw@biz32.inmotionhosting.com><\/mailer-daemon@biz32.inmotionhosting.com><\/p>\n

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.<\/div>\n
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
\nrecipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
recipient@RemoteDomain.com<\/b>
\nSMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<recipient@remotedomain.com<\/b>>:
\nhost mail.RemoteDomain.com [123.123.123.123]: 554 Invalid recipient<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
—— This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ——<\/div>\n
Return-path: <sender@example.com<\/b>>
\nReceived: from Admin by biz32.inmotionhosting.com with local (Exim 4.77)
\n(envelope-from <sender@example.com<\/b>>)
\nid 1TN04y-0007iG-6d
\nfor recipient@RemoteDomain.com<\/b>; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:40:28 -0700
\nTo: Recipient <recipient@remotedomain.com<\/b>>
\nX-Autorespond: Comments
\nMIME-Version: 1.0
\nX-Loop: Recipient group <recipient@remotedomain.com<\/b>>
\nPrecedence: auto_reply
\nX-Precedence: auto_reply
\nFrom: “sender” <sender@example.com<\/b>>
\nSubject: Auto Reply: Out of Office
\nDate: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:40:28 -0700<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Common variations of the 554 email error<\/h2>\n