David Ozokoye

Senior Technical Writer

Expertise

WordPress
Technical Documentation
Web Development (React & Django)
SEO
cPanel
Graphic Design

Highlights

David is a Technical Writer for the WPForms team at Awesome Motive. He has a BSc in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the University of Jos, Nigeria, and has been using WordPress since 2018.

Before joining the WPForms team in 2022, David worked as the content team lead for a WordPress support site, where he wrote WordPress-related content and managed other writers.

David creates easy-to-understand guides and product education for various Awesome Motive products, including WPForms, WP Mail SMTP, SendLayer, and Easy WP SMTP.

Aside from his work at Awesome Motive, David has produced many technical articles for various brands, focusing on WordPress and web development topics. Away from the computer, he enjoys playing video games and roller skating.

Error: Email Sending Limit

Overview The ‘Email sending limit’ error occurs on sites sending emails through an SMTP server. It indicates that you’ve exceeded the limit allocated to you by your email service provider. Causes It is often caused by limits on your SMTP account and not the SMTP configuration itself. Most email service providers enforce rate limits on […]

Error: Connection Refused

Overview The ‘Connection refused’ error occurs when your SMTP plugin fails to connect to the mail server you configured on port 25. This error often happens with the Other SMTP mailer in an SMTP plugin like WP Mail SMTP. Causes The error usually occurs due to the security settings on your web hosting server and […]

SMTP Error: ErrorSendAsDenied

Overview The ‘ErrorSendAsDenied’ issue often occurs when setting up your website to send emails using Microsoft’s API. This error can prevent emails from being sent successfully through your site when using Microsoft as your mailer. Causes The main cause of the ‘ErrorSendAsDenied’ error is mismatched email addresses. When setting up the Microsoft mailer in an […]

Error 452-4.5.3: Domain policy size per transaction exceeded

Overview The ‘Error 452-4.5.3’ often occurs when the email you’re trying to send exceeds the limit set by the recipient’s email server or your domain’s policy. This error can prevent emails from being sent successfully through your site. Particularly when dealing with large attachments or numerous recipients. Causes There are two main reasons why the […]

SMTP Error 447

Overview SMTP Error 447 occurs when an email exceeds the recipient limit set by the mail server. This error can prevent emails from being sent successfully through your site, particularly when sending to a large number of recipients at once. Causes The main cause of the SMTP error 447 issue is exceeding recipient limits. Some […]

Error 400: Invalid_request

Overview Error 400: Invalid_request is typically encountered when setting up a Google OAuth client. This often occurs when sending emails through Gmail’s API. Causes There are two main reasons why this error might be occurring on your site: Improper OAuth consent screen configuration: The OAuth consent screen in the Google Cloud project is not properly […]

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