552: Too many recipients

Severity

Recoverable error.

Explanation

This message is returned to the mail client from the local host when the mail server has detected that too many recipients are being processed on a single note. The recipient commands (RCPT TO) that receive this reply will not be processed by the mail server. SMTP protocol dictates that SMTP client should resend these recipients at a later time. Meanwhile, the SMTP client can continue with the DATA command for recipients that were received successfully.

System action

SMTP continues.

System programmer response

Notify owner of remote SMTP client of the problem.

Module

SMTPCMDS

Destination

DoRcpt