[mail server] Could not complete sender verify callout
February 22nd, 2007 by dianseh
Could not complete sender verify callout SYMPTONS: When you attempt to send mail to someone the recipient never 550 Could not complete sender verify callout 550 Sender verify failed CAUSE: Some mail servers attempt to validate the sending email address If they are unable to verify the sender then they issue a response similiar to that above. The main reason that the sender verify can fail is because the RESOLUTION: Contact the recipient by other means and ask them to whitelist your address. and/or ask the recipient to ensure their mail server complies with RFC 2821 #4.5.3.2.
(sourece: http://support.aguk.net/article.aspx?id=10153)
receives the mail. The mail is eventually bounced back to you with an
error similiar to those below
before accepting any mail. They do this by issuing a RCPT TO command to
the sending mail server with the senders email address. If the sending
mail server responds with a 250 command then they know the sending
email address exists and therefore accept the message.
remote mail server does not conform to standard RFCs. They issue a RCPT
TO command to our server but do not wait long enough for a response. RFC 2821 #4.5.3.2
states that the mail server should wait up to 5 minutes for a response.
As part of our email harvesting protection system we sometimes perform
a delay on incoming connections.