SMTP code 503 5.5.1
What the knowledge base's own tables say about this code, and which articles say it — a description of the reply, never a placement prediction.
This line comes from a knowledge base article on Gmail, not on the standard.
- Message
- "Bad sequence of commands" / "EHLO/HELO first" / "RCPT first" / "No DATA after BDAT" (RFC 3030)
- Meaning and fix
- A bug in the order of commands in the client
From Gmail SMTP Errors and Troubleshooting · Protocol and session