Enhanced SMTP status code · RFC 3463 · IANA
5.6.9 UTF-8 header cannot be transferred
The message has a UTF-8 header and cannot be passed to one or more recipients, so it is rejected after DATA (RFC 6531).
- Class: Permanent failure
Class 5: a permanent failure. Resending the same message will not help: something about the message, the sender or the destination must change (RFC 3463 §3.1).
- Subject: X.6 · Content
Problems with the message content (types, conversions); up to both sender and recipient.
- Associated basic codes (IANA registry)
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Sources: RFC 5321 · RFC 3463 · RFC 3464 · IANA · Gmail · Microsoft 365 · read on 26 September 2026