{"id":8740,"date":"2021-05-03T22:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T19:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aso.com.tr\/quota-exceeded-mailbox-full\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:59:00","slug":"quota-exceeded-mailbox-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aso.com.tr\/en\/quota-exceeded-mailbox-full\/","title":{"rendered":"Quota Exceeded (Mailbox for User Is Full): Meaning and Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-left:4px solid #2a9fd6;background:#f6fbfe;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> <strong>\u201cQuota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)\u201d<\/strong> means the <strong>recipient&#8217;s mailbox is full<\/strong>, so your message bounced. The recipient must delete old messages or increase their quota. If you see it for mail sent to <strong>you<\/strong>, empty your own mailbox. \u201cAccount is full (quota exceeded)\u201d means the same.<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto\">\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #ddd\">Message \/ code<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;border-bottom:2px solid #ddd\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Recipient&#8217;s mailbox is full<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">452 4.2.2 over quota<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Temporary \u2013 the server retries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">552 5.2.2 mailbox full<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">Permanent \u2013 message returned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How to free up space<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Delete old and large messages in webmail and empty Trash and Spam.<\/li>\n<li>With IMAP, archive old mail to a local .pst file in Outlook.<\/li>\n<li>With POP3, let Outlook download messages and remove them from the server after 14 days.<\/li>\n<li>Increase the quota or use an e-mail backup service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"border-left:4px solid #1a73e8;background:#f3f8ff;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0\"><strong>Mailbox always full?<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/web.aso.com.tr\/domain-panel\/packages.php#cat-corp_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;margin:6px 8px 6px 0;padding:12px 22px;border:2px solid #1a73e8;border-radius:4px;background:#1a73e8;color:#fff;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none\">Company E-mail Prices<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.aso.com.tr\/domain-panel\/packages.php#cat-email_backup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;margin:6px 8px 6px 0;padding:12px 22px;border:2px solid #1a73e8;border-radius:4px;background:#fff;color:#1a73e8;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none\">E-mail Backup<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>What does quota exceeded mean?<\/h3>\n<p>The mailbox storage limit has been reached; new messages are rejected and bounce.<\/p>\n<h3>How do I fix mailbox for user is full?<\/h3>\n<p>The recipient must delete messages, empty Trash\/Spam or increase the quota.<\/p>\n<h3>What does account is full (quota exceeded) mean?<\/h3>\n<p>The e-mail account&#8217;s storage is full and it cannot receive new messages.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What does quota exceeded mean?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The mailbox storage limit has been reached; new messages are rejected and bounce.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How do I fix mailbox for user is full?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The recipient must delete messages, empty Trash\/Spam or increase the quota.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What does account is full (quota exceeded) mean?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The e-mail account's storage is full and it cannot receive new messages.\"}}]}<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: \u201cQuota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)\u201d means the recipient&#8217;s mailbox is full, so your message bounced. 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