Gmail SMTP error - Temporary block?

Question

I am using Gmail servers to send email from my system, with a program. Recently I started getting errors like this:

Data command failed: 421 4.7.0 Temporary System Problem. Try again later (WS). 6sm3756432pab.11 - gsmtp

The reasons are given in the support.

Can anybody tell me what is the number of emails that can trigger this issue?

Or is it because of some other reasons?

Answer 1

If you are using your free Gmail account to send bulk emails your are likely to see this kind of responses early on as the service is not intended to send application transaction messages, newsletters etc., event to subscribers that has opted in. The IMAP/SMTP service provided is for you to be able to use an email client like Microsoft Outlook with your Gmail account.

If you need to send transaction messages, I suggest you google "AWS SES" for starters.

Answer 2

This error occurs if you are using scripts to send emails in quick successions. An easy way out is to apply a sleep timer in between sending emails.

I applied a timer for 1 second between each successive email.

import time
time.sleep(1) // equivalent to 1 second sleep