"This is a permanent error." Is that for the email address or the message?

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oaziz picture oaziz · Nov 2, 2011 · Viewed 8.5k times · Source

I'm wondering whether it's safe to mark bounce messages containing "This is a permanent error." string from the first time?

When I get "This is a permanent error." doesn't mean "permanent error" for this message or for the user?

Answer

jefflunt picture jefflunt · Nov 2, 2011

Depends on what the error code is. Check the message for a code, and compare it to one of these tables, which should tell you more.

http://www.unixhub.com/docs/email/SMTPcodes.html

http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/codes.html

Without the actual error output, I can't give you a more specific answer.

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