Enhanced SMTP status code · RFC 3463 · IANA
5.7.708 Access denied, traffic not accepted from this IP
Most of the sender organisation's traffic was found suspicious, so its sending was banned.
- 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.7 · Security and policy
Policies (per-host or per-recipient filters) and cryptographic operations; up to the sender, the recipient or both.
How 5.7.708 appears at providers
The exact text from the provider's documentation, as you see it in the bounce, and what it means.
Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online
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5.7.708
Access denied, traffic not accepted from this IP
Most of the sender organisation's traffic was found suspicious, so its sending was banned.
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Sources: RFC 5321 · RFC 3463 · RFC 3464 · IANA · Gmail · Microsoft 365 · read on 26 September 2026