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Reducing message size or ensuring adequate mailbox storage is essential to resolve this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#how-to-resolve-smtp-error-552\">How to Resolve SMTP Error 552<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#additional-information\">Additional Information<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#l\">Login to Domains.co.za Account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/images\/kb\/header-email-hosting.png\" alt=\"SMTP Error 552: Message Size Or Storage Limit Exceeded - Email Hosting\" title=\"SMTP Error 552: Message Size Or Storage Limit Exceeded - Email Hosting\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-resolve-smtp-error-552\">How to Resolve SMTP Error 552<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Check the total size of your email, including all attachments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Remove large attachments and resend the email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Compress files into a ZIP archive to reduce overall size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Upload large files to cloud storage and include a download link instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Ask the recipient to confirm whether their mailbox is full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. If you manage the mailbox, increase the storage quota in cPanel if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. <a alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za Knowledgebase - What Is The Process For Sending An Email\" title=\"Domains.co.za - What Is The Process For Sending An Email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/knowledgebase\/email\/process-for-sending-an-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resend the email<\/a> once size or storage issues are resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"additional-information\"><a><\/a>Additional Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most mail servers enforce attachment size limits, typically from 10 MB to 25 MB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email attachments increase in size during encoding, which can unexpectedly push messages over the permitted limit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A mailbox that has reached its quota will reject all new incoming messages until space is freed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeated delivery attempts to a full mailbox may result in temporary or permanent sender blocks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Server_(computing)\" alt=\"Link to Wikipedia - Cloud Storage\" title=\"Wikipedia - Cloud Storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud-based<\/a> file sharing is the recommended method for securely sending large files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regularly monitoring mailbox usage helps prevent storage-related delivery failures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"l\">Login to Domains.co.za Account<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>1. 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This error is common when sending large attachments, images, or documents via email. Because this is usually treated as a permanent delivery failure, the message will not be retried unless corrective action is taken. Reducing message size or ensuring adequate mailbox storage is essential to resolve this issue. How to Resolve SMTP Error 552Additional InformationLogin to Domains.co.za Account How to Resolve SMTP Error 552 1. Check the total size of your email, including all attachments. 2. 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