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Funky Gmail Error Message

alek [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
16 years ago3,981 views

I guess senders get this message if you already receive a TON of Email – wonder how much would trigger this note?

[warning/bounceback from a message I sent to a gmail address]

The original message was received at Mon, 8 Oct 2007 19:28:20 -0700
from MYDOMAIN [MYIP]

   ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
SOMEUSER[put at-character here]gmail.com

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.:

>>> >>> RCPT To:<SOMEUSER[put at-character here]gmail.com>
<<< 450-4.2.1 The Gmail user you are trying to contact is receiving
<<< 450-4.2.1 mail at a rate that prevents additional messages from
<<< 450-4.2.1 being delivered. Please resend your message at a later
<<< 450-4.2.1 time; if the user is able to receive mail at that time,
<<< 450 4.2.1 your message will be delivered. q20si718012pog
SOMEUSER[put at-character here]gmail.com... Deferred: 450-4.2.1 The Gmail user you are trying to contact is receiving
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old

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