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Resolving Microsoft 365 Bounce Error: “550 5.7.1 Service Unavailable, Client Host Blocked”

By Kent OyerOn

If you’ve recently received the following email bounce message when attempting to send a message to an email address hosted on Microsoft 365, this guide is for you:

550 5.7.1 Service unavailable, Client host [x.x.x.x] blocked using Customer Block list AS(110)

This error indicates that the sender’s IP address is blocked by the recipient’s Microsoft 365 account, preventing the email from being delivered.

Here’s how you can resolve this issue:

Step 1: Access Microsoft Defender

If you have access to the recipient’s Microsoft 365 account, start by logging into Microsoft Defender. To do this, navigate to Microsoft Defender and log in with your administrator credentials.

Step 2: Navigate to Policies & Rules

After logging in, you’ll be presented with the Defender dashboard. From here:

  1. Under Email & Collaboration, click Policies & Rules.
  2. Navigate to Threat policies and select Anti-spam policies.

Step 3: View the Connection Filter Policy

Within the Anti-spam policies section, locate and click on Connection filter policy (default). (Note: do not click the checkbox) This will display the list of IP addresses that are either allowed or blocked.

Step 4: Editing the Connection Filter Policy

To manage the IP Block list:

  1. Click on Edit connection filter policy.
  2. Locate the IP address of the sender (which corresponds to the bounce message).
  3. Remove this IP from the Block list.
  4. Click Save.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you should be able to remove the block on the sender’s IP address, allowing email communication to resume seamlessly.

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