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Email Forwarding Blocked By Microsoft Outlook

If your invoice forwarding to Rechargly is being rejected, it’s likely due to email security settings that block external forwarding.

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Written by Alex Millar
Updated over 2 months ago

In some cases, invoice forwarding from Xero, MYOB or other vendors may fail due to your organisation’s email security settings. This typically results in a 550 5.7.520 Access Denied error, indicating that external forwarding is blocked.

What the email may look like

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's email provider rejected it.

Diagnostic information for administrators:

Remote server returned '550 5.7.520 Access denied, Your organization does not allow external forwarding. Please contact your administrator for further assistance. AS(7555)'

Steps to Resolve

  • At the top window of the new Outlook, select Settings ⚙️

  • Select Mail > Forwarding.

  • Toggle the Enable forwarding switch

  • Enter your unique Rechargly email address (imports+XXXXX@rechargly.com) from the Setup page as forwarding email address,

  • Select Save.

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