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The response from the remote server was:

550 5.7.1 Message rejected due to local policy. Please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204137

Reporting-MTA: dns; googlemail.com

Received-From-MTA: dns; 3992606970006a05e6102-b18008-de4af1be84cc4cf894bb2e5ec13fdfb6@email.listelixr.ne t

Arrival-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:32:48 -0800 (PST)

X-Original-Message-ID: <1287913689.301450446.1515436358455.JavaMail.root@mta0101.messagegears.net>


Final-Recipient: rfc822; ***

Action: failed

Status: 5.7.1

Remote-MTA: dns; mx5.mail.icloud.com. (17.57.8.143, the server for the domain mac.com.)

Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.7.1 Message rejected due to local policy. Please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204137

Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:32:49 -0800 (PST)

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 10.3.2

Posted on Jan 8, 2018 12:58 PM

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Jan 11, 2018 12:00 PM in response to Marlysfromtx

If by "no" you are confirming that the issue is only with these Gmail messages are being rejected by the iCloud email servers, then it must be something about these messages that do not meet the policies set by those iCloud servers. Again, the link in the error indicates that this may be caused by receiving bulk emails from the Google account.

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