Title: 504 Error
Last modified: April 3, 2020

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# 504 Error

 *  Resolved [YourCaptchaSystemSucks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourcaptchasystemsucks/)
 * (@yourcaptchasystemsucks)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-error-10/)
 * My wife is the world’s biggest luddite. I set up Postie so she could get stuff
   posted on her blog.
 * My wife tried posting but it seems the plugin no longer works for her. If I go
   in and try to run it manually or to use the debug, I get a 504 error and nothing
   else. I did a search for 504 in the FAQ but no results. Seems to have worked 
   perfectly up until WP5.3. Updated to 5.4 and same problem.
 * I looked around for “time out” and saw an old post recommending setting the WP
   memory from the default 40M (which this was) to 64 or 96M. I set it to 96M, verified
   it shows up to the system as 96M, and it still gets a 504 with no dump.
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-error-10/#post-12624229)
 * There doesn’t seem to be any particular issue with Postie and WP 5.4.
 * A 504 error is a webserver error. You might check with your hosting company to
   see if they can shed any light on what is happening.
 *  Thread Starter [YourCaptchaSystemSucks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yourcaptchasystemsucks/)
 * (@yourcaptchasystemsucks)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-error-10/#post-12625741)
 * I finally figured it out. My wife sent a 20MB image and Postie timed out trying
   to receive it, tripping the 504. After I logged into her receiving email account
   for Postie and removed the giant image Postie began to work again.
 * For a possible future added feature perhaps Postie can reject emails with oversized
   attachments.
 * Appreciate your reply, and thank you.
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-error-10/#post-12625819)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll see what can be done.

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 * Last reply from: [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-error-10/#post-12625819)
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