Email provider · 4.x.x transient failure
Every SMTP 451 response on record from Yahoo Inc (yahoo.com, aol.com, verizon.net), with the verbatim text, the enhanced status code, a severity rating and a plain-English fix.
The receiver aborted the action because of a local error on its side, such as greylisting, a reputation or content check still running, or a short policy hold. Retries normally succeed once the hold clears.
smtp;451 example.yahoo.com Resources temporarily unavailable. Please try again later [#4.16.1].
You are sending faster than this receiver currently accepts from you. Slow down and the automatic retry will deliver the queued mail.
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smtp;451 4.3.2 Internal server error
The receiver deferred this message and will retry it automatically. A failure that sticks around usually traces back to rate limits, reputation, or a policy on the receiving side.
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Postmaster & documentation
The receiver aborted the action because of a local error on its side, such as greylisting, a reputation or content check still running, or a short policy hold. Retries normally succeed once the hold clears. At Yahoo Inc, 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.
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 Yahoo Inc's postmaster documentation.
