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Yandex SMTP 421 Errors: Every Bounce Response Explained

Every SMTP 421 response on record from Yandex (yandex.com), with the verbatim text, the enhanced status code, a severity rating and a plain-English fix.

The service is temporarily unavailable and the connection is being closed. The receiver is telling the sender to back off and reconnect shortly. It usually comes from rate limiting, a full queue, or a brief reputation check on an unfamiliar sender.

Provider
Yandex
Code
421 (4xx)
Responses
1
Highest severity
Unclassified

Yandex SMTP 421 responses

Status 4.4.2#
smtp;421 4.4.2 mail.yandex.net Error: timeout exceeded

The receiver deferred the message and points at a network or routing problem (enhanced status 4.4.2). Use the wording above to pin down the exact fix.

Yandex SMTP 421 questions

›What does an SMTP 421 error from Yandex mean?

The service is temporarily unavailable and the connection is being closed. The receiver is telling the sender to back off and reconnect shortly. It usually comes from rate limiting, a full queue, or a brief reputation check on an unfamiliar sender. At Yandex, it is a temporary deferral that is retried automatically, and the specific reason is in the enhanced status code and message text of each response below.

›How do I stop Yandex from returning SMTP 421?

Match your bounce text to one of the responses below and follow its guidance. Recipient-side wording means fix the address. Authentication or reputation wording (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blocklist) means fix your sending setup, and check Yandex's postmaster documentation.

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