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How to fix cPanel email error : has exceeded the max defers and failures per hour

 

How to fix cPanel email error : has exceeded the max defers and failures per hour

If you getting email bounce back related to the error below :-

Domain example.com has exceeded the max defers and failures per hour (5/5 (100%)) allowed. Message discarded.

1)   Directly login to the cpanel hosting using SSH

2)   Go to the path below :-

/var/cpanel/email_send_limits

After go to the path, you can see the defer file related to the domain. If you found it you can directly remove the file.

After that restart the exim :-

 

/etc/init.d/exim restart or you can restart from WHM manager 
  • cPanel, Control_Panel, Email, Exim, Webmail

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