I can't send emails
This step-by-step guide will help you solve issues with sending email. Before you start, open Yandex Mail in a new tab to follow the recommendations.
Select a problem:
Why this might happen and how to fix it:
The browser doesn't display the page correctly
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To reduce traffic consumption, the browser saves copies of visited pages in the cache. When you view these pages again, the browser may load them from the memory. For example, if the browser loads the incoming mail page from the cache, it shows an outdated number of new messages.
Try refreshing to force a fresh download of the page. If the problem persists, clear the browser cache and delete all cookies.
Extensions block Yandex Mail
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Mail may work incorrectly due to the browser add-ons and extensions. To check if this is the reason, temporarily disable them. If Yandex Mail works incorrectly because of an ad blocking or antivirus extension, add Yandex Mail as an exception to the extension.
If you receive a message that says An error occurred. Please try again in a few minutes, this means you are trying to use Yandex Mail to send messages from an address hosted on another email service. Check that you have a fetcher configured from that mailbox to your Yandex mailbox. You cannot select an address on another mail service as an alias without a configured fetcher.
I can't send email even though the mail importer is configured properly
If you cannot send messages from an address hosted on another mail service even though the importer is configured correctly, that service's security rules prohibit sending messages through third-party services, including Yandex Mail.
To send messages via Yandex Mail, select your Yandex email address in the From field (login@yandex.com).
If you receive an error message "Message cannot be sent because it looks like spam" ("Spam limit exceeded" or "Message rejected under suspicion") or a prompt to enter captcha numbers, this may be caused by the following:
Messages that are similar or use a template are sent out
Messages that are identical, based on a template, or contain commercial or advertising proposals are being sent from your mailbox. Yandex Mail doesn't allow you to send these types of emails. Our service is intended for actual communication between people.
Tip
If you want to send out mass emails to your partners or clients, please use our special mailing services. To find them, use Yandex search.
The daily limit on how many emails you can send was reached
Your mailbox sends out a large number of messages every day, which is regarded as spam by our security system. The messages can be sent with your involvement, as well as without your knowledge.
In order to avoid this, Yandex Mail has set restrictions on the number of emails you can send each day. These restrictions cannot be changed or avoided.
Yandex Mail limits
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A 24-hour total |
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In one email sent from the site |
50 |
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In one email sent from an email client or over SMTP |
35 |
Alert
Limits can be lowered if Anti-Spam notices the mass emailing of similar messages, templates, spam, advertising, or commercial offers.
Your account was marked as suspicious
Our security system flagged your account as suspicious. This usually happens if you don't link a secure phone number to your mailbox or enter a fake name in Yandex ID. Check this data and update it if necessary.
Emails are sent to non-existent addresses.
A large number of messages were sent to nonexistent addresses from your mailbox. If an email is sent to a non-existent address, you receive an automatic non-delivery report .
We received a complaint about a mailing sent from your email address
We received several complaints from users about spam sent from your email address.
If this occurred, sending emails from your mailbox will be blocked. Only sending emails is blocked. You will be able to log in to Yandex Mail and receive emails. The blocking is lifted automatically after 24 hours if you don't try to send an email during this time — otherwise the blocking is extended for another 24 hours.
While you are waiting for the block to be removed, follow the recommendations below to avoid similar issues in the future:
- Please check your computer for viruses with free anti-virus programs such as CureIt! from Dr. Web or Virus Removal Tool from “Kaspersky Lab”. Then change your password.
- Enter your valid personal details in Yandex ID and link your phone number to your account.
- Make sure the your recipients addresses are entered correctly and remain active.
- Make sure that recipients of your emails have voluntarily agreed to receive them.
If you receive “Message rejected under suspicion of SPAM”, it means that Yandex Mail determined that the contents of your email were spam. To resolve the problem, go to Yandex Mail and send a test email. This shows the system that messages are not being sent by a robot.
Please check your computer for viruses with free anti-virus programs such as CureIt! from Dr. Web or Virus Removal Tool from “Kaspersky Lab”.
For more information, see the I got the message "Email can't be sent, because it appears to be spam".
If you receive a message that says An error occurred. This message cannot be sent or saved, as the maximum message size has been exceeded. The message is saved in drafts, this means that the text of the message contains too many characters and images. This is usually due to quoting old messages in a long correspondence. Try shortening the message or create a new one.
Check if the email is in your Sent folder. If the email is not there, an error might have occurred while sending the email – try sending it again.
Sending the email again didn't help
If you have sent a message from your Yandex mailbox but it has been rejected by the recipient's mail server, you will get an automatic report from “Mailer-Daemon” with reasons for non-delivery and the name of the server which rejected passing the message to its destination.
Have you received a non-delivery report?
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I have received a non-delivery report
Specify the address you sent the email to:
The reason for why the email was not received will be indicated in the automatic report. How to find and interpret the error:
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Diagnostic Code. You will see the error code to the right of it. -
Find this code in the table below.
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For a quicker search, use Ctrl+F for Windows and Cmd+F for macOS.
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The email was sent to a non-existing address. Make sure the recipient's address does not include extra punctuation marks, spaces, or quotation marks. Confirm the recipient's email address and resend the message. |
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The email seems to be spam. If only spam is coming from your mailbox, the Yandex mail server will block receipt of messages from it for 24 hours. Note If you are sending legitimate messages to your website users or subscribers, please read Yandex requirements for honest mailing lists. |
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Your recipient's account has been blocked due to User Agreement violations. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. If you are the owner of the address to which the message has been sent, you can unblock it yourself. Fill in accurate information about yourself on the Personal information page and you will be unblocked after a while. If you provided accurate information but weren't unblocked, please contact our support team via the feedback form at the bottom of the page. |
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The recipient's mailbox is full. This usually happens because the recipient rarely uses their mailbox and their mailbox is full. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. The recipient will have to log into Yandex Mail via the web interface to be able to receive emails again. |
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The attached file is too big. The Yandex email server cannot accept your attached file due to size restrictions. The maximum size of messages with attachments that can be sent to Yandex mailboxes is 30 MB. Upload your attachment to a file storage service (such as Yandex Disk) and include a link to it in your message. |
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The recipient's email server is not responding. The recipient's email server took too long to respond and the Yandex email server disconnected and aborted the email delivery. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. |
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The Yandex mail server is overloaded because of numerous requests from other servers. This increases the load on the server and slows it down. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. |
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This message has too many recipients: over 35 addresses in the fields To, Cc, and Bcc. Edit the list of recipients and try again. |
The reason for why the email was not received will be indicated in the automatic report. How to find and interpret the error:
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Find the phrase
Diagnostic Code. You will see the error code to the right of it. -
Find this code in the table below.
Tip
For a quicker search, use Ctrl+F for Windows and Cmd+F for macOS.
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The email was sent to a non-existing address. Make sure the recipient's address does not include extra punctuation marks, spaces, or quotation marks. Confirm the recipient's email address and resend the message. |
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The recipient's email server considers these messages spam. Try contacting the recipient or their mail service administration by another method and report the problem. If you are sending legitimate messages to your website users or subscribers, please read Yandex requirements for honest mailing lists. Note If you use Yandex 360 for Business, the SPF record must be set up on the linked domain. |
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The recipient's mailbox is full. This usually happens because the recipient rarely uses their mailbox and their mailbox is full. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. |
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The recipient's address is blocked by their email service. Try contacting the recipient by another method and report the problem. |
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The recipient's email server can't handle large messages. The recipient's email service can't accept your email due to restrictions regarding your attached files. Upload your attachment to a file storage service (such as Yandex Disk) and include a link to it in your message. |
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The Yandex mail server was blacklisted. You can try deleting the Yandex mail server address from the blacklist manually by clicking on the link in the report. You can also contact us by forwarding the full text of the error report using the form below. Also, try contacting the recipient or his/her mail service administration by another method and report the problem. |
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A loop was detected in sent messages. Check forwarding filters and importers for all of your mailboxes. They may be configured incorrectly. If you are sure the problem is not on your end, contact the recipient by an alternative means of communication to report the problem. |
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Forwarding prohibited (the recipient's mail server can't identify Yandex Mail servers because the MX records are not configured properly). Try contacting the recipient or their mail service administration by another method and report the problem. Note If you use Yandex 360 for Business and send an email to your domain's mailbox, keep in mind that it may take up to 48 hours for the MX record to propagate. If 48 hours already passed, make sure that the settings match the recommendations given in the article on setting up the MX records. |
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Error verifying the sender. To resolve the problem, contact the administration of the recipient's mail service and ask them to enter Yandex Mail email addresses into the whitelist of the sender verification service. Note If you use Yandex 360 for Business, the SPF record must be set up on the linked domain. |
I haven't received a non-delivery report
If you didn't receive a non-delivery report, it means that your email was successfully delivered to the recipient's mail service. Contact support for that email service to figure out why the message was not delivered. Attach to your request the properties of the email that you sent.
There may have been a network connectivity failure. Try searching for the message in Sent, Drafts, and Outbox.
This means the email has been sent successfully.
Most likely, an error occurred when sending the email. Try sending the email again.
Perhaps your email has attachments in it. Such messages take longer to be delivered. Please wait a couple of minutes. If the email is still not sent out, try sending it again manually.
Most likely, an error occurred when sending the email. Unfortunately, it's impossible to restore such an email.
Tip
If you frequently write long messages, make sure to save them as drafts. This will help save your email in case of an error.
If your emails are sent from an address on @yandex.com or @ya.ru instead of @yandex.ru, it means that the wrong mail alias is selected in your settings.
You can choose which address to send emails from in the Personal information section in the settings. This will be your default address for all emails. It will also be displayed in the upper-right corner on Yandex Mail pages when you click the user's name and profile picture.
You can choose the address for sending a message on the page where you compose emails. The address you select will only be used for this particular message.
Delays can occur both on Yandex's servers and on the servers of your recipients. To determine the server responsible for the delay, contact our support team using the form below. When filling out the form, include the properties of the delayed email from the recipient's mailbox.
If you haven't found your issue on the list, please contact our support team using the form below.