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Why recently do I have Mail Delivery Failure on a particulate group of email addresses .

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Why recently do I have Mail Delivery Failure on a particulate group of email addresses and all the others I do not. They are able to send messages to me. Error is below.


This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity).

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

>>> xxx@xxxxxx.com (after MAIL FROM): 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter

Arrival-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp03.aqua.bos.sync.lan

Status: 5.0.0 Final-Recipient: rfc822; xxxx@xxxxx.com Action: failed Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Remote-MTA: dns; mail16.hostek.com Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter

Why recently do I have Mail Delivery Failure on a particulate group of email addresses and all the others I do not. They are able to send messages to me. Error is below. This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: >>> xxx@xxxxxx.com (after MAIL FROM): 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter Arrival-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp03.aqua.bos.sync.lan Status: 5.0.0 Final-Recipient: rfc822; xxxx@xxxxx.com Action: failed Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Remote-MTA: dns; mail16.hostek.com Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter

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kzalys said

Why recently do I have Mail Delivery Failure on a particulate group of email addresses and all the others I do not. They are able to send messages to me. Error is below. This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: >>> xxx@xxxxxx.com (after MAIL FROM): 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter Arrival-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp03.aqua.bos.sync.lan Status: 5.0.0 Final-Recipient: rfc822; xxxx@xxxxx.com Action: failed Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:58:14 -0400 Remote-MTA: dns; mail16.hostek.com Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 Sending address not accepted due to spam filter
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Well it looks very clear to me, the server you are sending to is blocking your address with it's spam filtering. So I guess you need to ask them why your in that situation.,

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Do you mean my outgoing server?

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Hi The message is from the server used by the people you are sending to. That's why only some recipients fail. As Matt says - you need to ask the recipient system support people what it is about your messages that is failing their spam tests. Each incoming server has rules, and assigns scores to each incoming message. Your message is failing the score required by the recipient's mail server. The reasons may include that you are sending commercial sales messages, or using words that look like unwanted sales messages, or that the mail system you are using has been identified by the recipient's system as a source of spam. I hope this helps explain what's happening. Send a simple text message with no attachments, no images, and no words that might be considered unwanted. If that gets through, it is the content of what you are sending that causes rejection. If a really simple message does not get through, you or your email provider might have been blocked as a source of spam. Agnes

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kzalys said

Do you mean my outgoing server?

No I mean the sever that is you are sending the mail to