SMTP code 551
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.
The knowledge base documents this code in more than one row. What tells those rows apart is the rejection text in your own log, not the code: read each line below against what your rejection says.
- Meaning
- User not local; try <forward-path>
- Meaning
- User not local, or invalid address: relay denied
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