“554 Message not allowed” – Email Rejected by Yahoo
November 26, 2009 | 10:57 amI 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.
Hi Rob, thanks for this - it helped me out! Chris
Chris Young | December 5, 2009 | 12:39 pmHi 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 pmSame.. 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 pmThanks friend it helped me
Prasad
Thank you, this helped me solve a customer's problem.
Beastacle | February 23, 2010 | 6:09 pmThank you, this helped me solve a customer’s problem.
Thanks! Fixed!
Kurt | March 22, 2010 | 7:07 pmThanks! Fixed!
Thank you! Finally someone with the correct fix for me.
Cynthia | June 2, 2010 | 10:03 amThank 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 pmThanks! 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 amIt works like a charm! Thanks a lot!!!
Thanks for this - saved me possible hours of checking
Mike | October 3, 2010 | 1:07 pmThanks 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 pmHI!
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 amI just wanted to say thanks. It worked great
Thanks for that, tip, Rob
Fellblade | August 4, 2011 | 7:20 amThanks for that, tip, Rob
I have same 554 message not allowed, but my computer is
Jean Marie | August 22, 2011 | 11:59 pmI 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 pmThis 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 pmIt 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 pmThanks a lot!!!
Thanks. Saved me a lot of time .....
Megga | December 5, 2011 | 8:39 amThanks. Saved me a lot of time …..
Thanks, that solved it, after a couple of frustrating hours!
Ron | December 29, 2011 | 1:59 pmThanks, that solved it, after a couple of frustrating hours! Ron
Thanks, worked a treat. Richard
richard norman | January 25, 2012 | 8:27 pmThanks, worked a treat.
Richard
Thanks!
Mark | April 16, 2012 | 7:47 amThanks!
Thanks from me too - exactly this problem!
nicola | May 19, 2012 | 8:28 amThanks from me too – exactly this problem!
Thanks a ton for sharing this information, that was exactly
Jason | June 17, 2012 | 7:09 pmThanks 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 amThank you very much. Helped A Lot
Thanks. I have not been able to email my
Dot | October 17, 2012 | 12:59 amThanks. 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 pmFixed 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!