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“554 Message not allowed” – Email Rejected by Yahoo

November 26, 2009 | 10:57 am

I just had a customer contact me asking if I had any idea why his email was being rejected by the Yahoo mailservers (which also deal with all BT addresses).

The rejection message said:

554 Message not allowed – [320] (in reply to end of DATA command)

A quick Google search, and a look at the message that was rejected, told me that the time on the sending machine was wrong – it was set 1 month in the future. It seems Yahoo won’t accept mail sent from the future, so if you are getting similar rejection messages check your system clock!

I hope this helps someone.

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25 responses

Hi Rob, thanks for this - it helped me out! Chris

Chris Young | December 5, 2009 | 12:39 pm

Hi Rob,

thanks for this – it helped me out!

Chris

Same.. Thanks. I find it pretty lame that the local

Mahdi Montgomery | January 4, 2010 | 10:21 pm

Same.. Thanks. I find it pretty lame that the local computer’s time stamp is used and not the mailserver’s.. But thanks, helped me out.

Thanks friend it helped me Prasad

Ram | January 12, 2010 | 12:08 pm

Thanks friend it helped me

Prasad

Thank you, this helped me solve a customer's problem.

Beastacle | February 23, 2010 | 6:09 pm

Thank you, this helped me solve a customer’s problem.

Thanks! Fixed!

Kurt | March 22, 2010 | 7:07 pm

Thanks! Fixed!

Thank you! Finally someone with the correct fix for me.

Cynthia | June 2, 2010 | 10:03 am

Thank you! Finally someone with the correct fix for me. I can’t believe it was the clock. Now I can go to bed…

Thanks! Not sure how the date got changed. It

Jason | July 16, 2010 | 2:45 pm

Thanks! Not sure how the date got changed. It was one month in the future. It only caused problems with Yahoo and Bellsouth email accounts.

It works like a charm! Thanks a lot!!!

leandra | September 30, 2010 | 12:43 am

It works like a charm! Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks for this - saved me possible hours of checking

Mike | October 3, 2010 | 1:07 pm

Thanks for this – saved me possible hours of checking – was only causing a problem with Yahoo email addresses

HI! Thanks for the tip. I checked my clock settings. Its

Ronnie | February 15, 2011 | 1:14 pm

HI!
Thanks for the tip.
I checked my clock settings. Its correct.
The mail went through to yahoo.co.in addresses, and Gmail & hotmail.
It got rejected only by yahoo.com. Wonder why !

I just wanted to say thanks. It worked great

Ionut | August 3, 2011 | 5:28 am

I just wanted to say thanks. It worked great

Thanks for that, tip, Rob

Fellblade | August 4, 2011 | 7:20 am

Thanks for that, tip, Rob

I have same 554 message not allowed, but my computer is

Jean Marie | August 22, 2011 | 11:59 pm

I have same 554 message not allowed,
but my computer is perfectly set, not off by even a moment………….but you are certain the 554 msg if from yahoo?

This helped me too! The pc needed a new

Mitch | October 17, 2011 | 2:30 pm

This helped me too! The pc needed a new battery on the system board! — Thanks!

It didn't help me, but then the error message I

Barbara | October 20, 2011 | 4:52 pm

It didn’t help me, but then the error message I got had 299 in the brackets instead of 320. My clock is fine. Now what?

Thanks a lot!!!

Leonel | October 27, 2011 | 8:27 pm

Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks. Saved me a lot of time .....

Megga | December 5, 2011 | 8:39 am

Thanks. Saved me a lot of time …..

Thanks, that solved it, after a couple of frustrating hours!

Ron | December 29, 2011 | 1:59 pm

Thanks, that solved it, after a couple of frustrating hours! Ron

Thanks, worked a treat. Richard

richard norman | January 25, 2012 | 8:27 pm

Thanks, worked a treat.

Richard

Thanks!

Mark | April 16, 2012 | 7:47 am

Thanks!

Thanks from me too - exactly this problem!

nicola | May 19, 2012 | 8:28 am

Thanks from me too – exactly this problem!

Thanks a ton for sharing this information, that was exactly

Jason | June 17, 2012 | 7:09 pm

Thanks a ton for sharing this information, that was exactly the solution to my problem.

Thank you very much. Helped A Lot

Celestian Grey | August 22, 2012 | 9:22 am

Thank you very much. Helped A Lot

Thanks. I have not been able to email my

Dot | October 17, 2012 | 12:59 am

Thanks. I have not been able to email my brother for months. This solved the problem.

Fixed my problem too. Had a friend ask me why

Aaron | October 10, 2014 | 4:43 pm

Fixed my problem too. Had a friend ask me why they couldn’t send emails, kept getting this error and a little googling to find your site fixed it. Only 7 minutes off but I guess enough to cause it to bounce it. Thanks!