Email Bounce Codes List
While there are many Bounce Codes few are commonly used (noted in bold and orange)
0 Unknown
2 Email Send Error
10 Email address is invalid or not active, no such mailbox exists
20 General Soft Bounce
21 Soft Bounce – DNS Failure
22 Mailbox Full
23 Message Too Large for mailbox recipient
24 Response timed out from destination mail server
25 Message Quarantined
26 Message was flagged due to characteristics of spam
27 Firewall issues on the desitnation mail server prevented this message from being delivered
28 Mail server refused connection
30 Email address is invalid or not active, no such mailbox exists
40 Destination mail service problems
50 Message was flagged due to characteristics of spam
51 Spam
52 Message was flagged due to characteristics of spam (Content)
53 Mail blocked due to attachment
54 Destination mail server does not allow relays, mailbox is most likely incorrect
55 Mail server requires more information on senders domain
60 Auto Reply response detected (e.g. out of office)
110 Mail server requires confirmation
501 rejected due to configuration issues with remote host
502 bounced due to bad connection issues with remote host
503 refused or blocked due to content related reasons
504 bounced due to not being delivered before the bounce-after
505 bounces due to receiving no response from remote host after connecting
506 rejected due to other reasons
507 refused or blocked due to general policy reasons
508 rejected due to SMTP protocol syntax or sequence errors
509 rejected or blocked due to mailbox quota issues
510 refused or blocked due to remote mail server relaying issues
511 bounced due to mail routing issues for recipient domain
512 refused or blocked due to spam related reasons
513 refused or blocked due to virus related reasons
514 Invalid Sender, might require pre-authorization
550 General Send Error
1000 bounced due to invalid or non-existing domains
1001 rejected due to expired, inactive, or disabled recipient addresses
1002 rejected due to bad, invalid, or non-existent recipient addresses
1100 rejected due to bad, invalid, or non-existent recipient addresses