SMTP

Mock 450 Mailbox Unavailable Response

The requested mail action was not taken because the mailbox is temporarily unavailable. This could be due to the mailbox being locked by another process or a temporary policy restriction.

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1 HTTP Response

HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 450 Mailbox Unavailable
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT
Content-Length: 66

{
  "error": "mailbox_unavailable",
  "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"
}

2 Test with curl

terminal
curl -i https://httpbin.org/status/450

3 Return 450 Mailbox Unavailable in Your Framework

django
from django.http import JsonResponse


def my_view(request):
    return JsonResponse(
        {"error": "mailbox_unavailable", "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"},
        status=450,
    )
flask
from flask import Flask, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route("/endpoint")
def my_endpoint():
    return jsonify({"error": "mailbox_unavailable", "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"}), 450
fastapi
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/endpoint")
def my_endpoint():
    return JSONResponse(
        content={"error": "mailbox_unavailable", "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"},
        status_code=450,
    )
express.js
// Express.js
app.get('/endpoint', (req, res) => {
  res.status(450).json({"error": "mailbox_unavailable", "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"});
});
spring boot
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
import java.util.Map;

@RestController
public class MyController {

    @GetMapping("/endpoint")
    public ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> myEndpoint() {
        return ResponseEntity
            .status(450)
            .body(Map.of("error", "mailbox_unavailable",
                         "message", "Mailbox Unavailable"));
    }
}
go net/http
package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "net/http"
)

func myHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    w.WriteHeader(450)
    json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
        "error":   "mailbox_unavailable",
        "message": "Mailbox Unavailable",
    })
}
ruby on rails
class MyController < ApplicationController
  def my_action
    render json: {"error": "mailbox_unavailable", "message": "Mailbox Unavailable"},
           status: :mailbox_unavailable
  end
end
asp.net core
// ASP.NET Core Minimal API
app.MapGet("/endpoint", () =>
    Results.Json(
        new { error = "mailbox_unavailable", message = "Mailbox Unavailable" },
        statusCode: 450
    )
);

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