Continually receiving "Temporary error" that results in email send failure 25% of the time
I have received, over the last week, a huge influx of "temporary errors". I have never received one before last week, but I am now receiving 5-10 a day, resulting in the email not sending. The email closes, which is confusing if it did send or not. There's not a copy in the Sent folder (which is problematic if it were a long email; it deletes the email entirely [does not exist in drafts either] which takes up time to entirely re-craft and send). This is majorly disrupting my workflow. I have had no email setting changes to bring this on, and no internal computer changes either.
I am on 45.1.0. I had previously upgraded to 45.1.1 but removed and reinstalled the older version due to some severe instability on the 45.1.1. This was about 3-5 weeks ago, so this shouldn't have brought on the temporary errors.
I am on a Mac.
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More information: the email in question that receives the "Temporary error", I was incorrect, DOES appear in the "Sent" folder. In the inbox, the replied-to original email also has the arrow indicating it was replied to. So, it's misleading in that it appears to have been sent correctly, but instead wasn't at all. I have to either 1) ask if the email was received (annoying) or 2) resend the same exact email in case the first wasn't received (which could result in two emails being sent to the same person if it DID send).
lets start at the beginning.
What exactly does the temporary error say. You may expect that we can guess what that means, but we can not. What mail provider are you using? What anti virus are you using?
Here's a copy of the temporary error I received today:
An Outgoing server (SMTP) error occurred while sending mail. The server responded: 4.7.0 Temporary System Problem. Try again later (RQ). j37sm11630205iod.4 - gsmtp.
I use Gmail. I do not have an antivirus
That error at Google has a number of possible causes. The most common is an attempt to component to the SMTP server without a password.
Is your Gmail SMTP server set to use a password? Have you tried using oAuth2.0 as a connection method? IT was installed just for Google because they insist on using it for all sorts of things.
Have you tried logging into your account using your browser? Google have a habit of blocking POP/IMAP/SMTP when they want to tell you something as part of the web login process. Most convenient of them but that is how it is.
Intermittent faults are the most difficult to diagnose. but usually there is a common thread, like a new spam filter or a replacement router in the office. Or for a business email a new IP address.