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Gmail Error: You have reached a limit for sending mail. your message was not sent.<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you’re sending mail merge\u00a0emails\u00a0from your Gmail account, you’re likely aware of the basic limits that Gmail and G Suite set<\/a> for your accounts. Generally,\u00a0those limits are 500 emails\/day<\/strong> for Gmail accounts and 2,000 emails\/day<\/strong> for G Suite accounts. As is often the case though, users find that Gmail limits them below the stated values<\/strong> of 500 and 2,000 per day. For example, a new Gmail account<\/strong> can often only send 10-20 emails in its first 24-hour period<\/strong>. Similarly, a new G Suite account, especially when the domain is\u00a0a new customer of\u00a0G Suite, also has limits more restrictive than 2,000<\/strong> emails\/day.<\/p>\n

Troubleshooting:<\/h2>\n

If you find that your sending volume is under the stated limits\u00a0but are still getting the dreaded “You have reached a limit”<\/strong> bounce in Gmail, here are some strategies to\u00a0help.<\/p>\n

G Suite User? Contact G Suite Support<\/h3>\n

I’ve experienced cases where my own G Suite account was limited to 750 or 1,000 emails per 24 hours rather than 2,000<\/strong>. I contacted support, and they admitted that my account had been mistakenly limited<\/strong> and eventually resolved the issue and allowed me greater sending power. Here’s my correspondence with support:<\/p>\n

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Correspondence with G Suite support about Gmail limits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Use the “throttle”\u00a0setting to add a few seconds between emails<\/h3>\n

On Google’s official page describing Gmail sending limits, the 500 and 2,000\u00a0daily limits are mentioned. Anecdotally though, we’ve found that sending too many emails within too short a time span<\/strong> can also cause a limit to kick in. One support agent\u00a0communicated that too many emails sent within a 10-minute period will set off red flags<\/strong>. Use the GMass throttle<\/a>\u00a0setting to add a few seconds in between emails<\/a>. This will slow down the delivery of your messages, but help avoid any per-minute or per-hour limitations.<\/p>\n

G Suite User? Perform an administrative reset<\/h3>\n

As a G Suite user, you can have your Admin reset your account’s quota<\/a> if you are getting “You have reached your limit” bounces. However, this can only be done 5x\/year.<\/p>\n

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Reset your Gmail quota if you are a G Suite user<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Circumvent Gmail’s servers altogether<\/h3>\n

You can now use your Gmail account\u00a0to send\u00a0mail merge campaigns\u00a0through any SMTP server, bypassing Gmail’s servers and sending limits<\/a>. This will allow you to use GMass to send mail merge campaigns through your Gmail account, just like normal, but your emails will be routed through a\u00a0third-party\u00a0SMTP service like Sendgrid, Mailgun, or JangoSMTP.<\/p>\n

How can you programmatically detect these bounces?<\/h3>\n

If you’re a software developer building your own mail merge system for Gmail, you may want to know how to write code to detect these “You have reached a limit” bounces. It used to be easy, because Gmail used to send these notifications from a special address, nobody@gmail.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2019, however, Google changed the address to the standard bounce notification address of mailer-daemon@googlemail.com<\/strong>, which then made it more difficult to detect “reached a limit” bounces from other types of bounces, like those indicating a bad recipient email address. There is however, one distinguishing factor<\/strong> that separates “reached a limit” bounces from all other kinds of bounces. The “reached a limit” bounce will have a Subject line of “Re: ” plus the original email’s Subject line. All other bounces from the “mailer-daemon” address will have the subject of “Delivery Status Notification (Failure)”<\/strong> or “Delivery Status Notification (Delay)”<\/strong>. For example, if the email you sent had the Subject “Company Newsletter”, and you receive an over-limit bounce, it will have the Subject of “Re: Company Newsletter”.<\/p>\n

It’s also worth noting that the message will be in the same language as you’ve set your Gmail settings.<\/p>\n

The full English<\/strong> message is:<\/p>\n

You have reached a limit for sending mail. Your message was not sent.<\/pre>\n
The German<\/strong> message is:<\/p>\n
Sie haben die Begrenzung zum Senden von E-Mails erreicht. Ihre Nachricht konnte daher nicht gesendet werden.<\/pre>\n
The Norwegian<\/strong> message is:<\/p>\n
Du har n\u00e5dd grensen for sending av e-post. Meldingen din er ikke sendt.<\/pre>\n
The Spanish<\/strong> message is:<\/p>\n
Has llegado al l\u00edmite de mensajes que puedes enviar. Tu mensaje no se ha enviado.<\/pre>\n
Further Reading<\/h3>\n
If you do find that you’re getting bounces because you’re over your Gmail limit, GMass will re-try sending those emails for you later automatically, but you can also manually re-send to the addresses that bounced<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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