----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
(reason: 550 No Such User Here)
----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to jaguarrichmond.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 No Such User Here
550 5.1.1
<<< 503-No Such User Here
<<< 503 Valid RCPT command must precede DATA
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503 valid RCPT command must precede DATA
We recently got this error when trying to send an email in Outlook. The culprit? Apparently this occurs when a server is expecting to receive mail before sending. This is usually results from server authentication priorities (for example, you attempt to send mail before your "spam filter" has finished its receiving process.)
Solutions to resolve the 503 RCPT error
* Pop before SMTP -- Run a check for new messages (F9 key in Outlook) before sending your message and restart and rerun your spam filter application. Your IP address is entered in a relayhosts file, allowing email to be sent from your address for up to half an hour.
* If the problem still persists check "my server requires authentication" to authenticate automatically. With this setting you can bypass the check above and send mail without having to "pop" your mail box first. You can also try changing the outgoing port from 25 to 26, since some ISP's block this port.
* One of our readers pointed out that it may help to remove apostrophes from your email account names.
* Finally, if using a mail screening utility such as Mail Washer, you may want to disable the "automatically check at intervals" setting and check mail manually. If the system checks mail while you are sending you may get this error.
If these don't work, check your mail server
If none of the above work we recommend contacting your hosting provider. Your mail services account needs to be set up properly (associated with the right user name, etc.). We encountered this exact problem when switching hosts once - the mail server configuration got goofed up, and none of the above solutions worked. In the interim (until settings are fixed by your hosting provider) you can adjust your outgoing mail server to reflect that which your ISP uses, which should let you send mail again through your local client (Outlook, but not from the server (Webmail)), until the problem is fixed.
