SMTP 550-5.7.1 Rejected Because of Virginia Redistricting

[AdmiralAsshat]

Article doesn't make it clear, but I assume that SMTP 550-5.7.1 was an extant error code and the VA redistricting was simply the message body that the server returned alongside the error code? Otherwise the article might lead one to believe that error 550-5.7.1 was explicitly created for the purpose of VA redistricting (a la HTTP status code 418: "I'm a teapot").

[1123581321]

Correct. 5.7.1 is supposed to be for malformed/inappropriate sending to the address, so I think they shouldn’t have used it here as the VA resident did nothing wrong. 5.2.1 might be a better error since it means a problem with the recipient/that the recipient is refusing email.

[mikece]

"550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable (e.g., mailbox not found, no access, or command rejected for policy reasons)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMTP_server_return_cod...

I imagine the "-5.7.1" is an in-house reference by the Virginia IT folks.