Mailchimp Transactional errors
The codes Mailchimp Transactional steps can stop a run with, each with its fix and what happened.
MANDRILL_AUTH
Test it under Manage → Connections.
Mailchimp Transactional refused the connection's API key.
MANDRILL_FORBIDDEN
A key can be limited to a subaccount or to sending only.
This Mailchimp key may not do that.
MANDRILL_INVALID_IMAGE
Mailchimp refuses one whose type is not an image.
An inline image has no image file extension.
MANDRILL_INVALID_PARAMS
Check its example.
A JSON field on this node is not a JSON array.
MANDRILL_INVALID_REQUEST
Check the ids and the field values on this node.
Mailchimp refused the request.
MANDRILL_INVALID_RESPONSE
Check the connection.
Mailchimp answered something that is not JSON.
MANDRILL_INVALID_SEND_AT
Mailchimp wants UTC as 2026-10-01 09:00:00.
The schedule time is not readable.
MANDRILL_INVALID_TAG
At most 50 characters, and never starting with an underscore.
A tag cannot be used.
MANDRILL_NOT_FOUND
Only recently sent mail can be looked up.
Mailchimp knows no message, address or record by that id.
MANDRILL_NO_BODY
Give it a body.
Mailchimp will not send an empty message.
MANDRILL_NO_RECIPIENTS
Fill in To, Cc or Bcc.
This send names no recipient.
MANDRILL_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
Attachments ride inside it as base64, so send fewer or smaller files.
This call is over Mailchimp's 10 MB limit.
MANDRILL_PAYMENT_REQUIRED
Scheduling a message is the usual cause.
This needs a paid Transactional plan with a positive balance.
MANDRILL_RECIPIENTS_REJECTED
The addresses and the reasons are in this node's output.
Mailchimp refused some of the recipients.
MANDRILL_REQUEST
Check the node's settings.
Mailchimp refused the request.
MANDRILL_RESPONSE_TOO_LARGE
Ask for fewer messages, or narrow the search.
Mailchimp answered more data than a run can parse.
MANDRILL_SUBACCOUNT_NOT_FOUND
Mailchimp has no subaccount with that id.
MANDRILL_TEMPLATE_NOT_FOUND
The slug is the immutable name, not the display name.
No Mailchimp template with that slug.
MANDRILL_THROTTLED
Message search allows 20 searches a minute and the window has to clear.
Mailchimp is throttling this key.
MANDRILL_TOO_MANY_LABELS
A Mailchimp template carries at most 10 labels.
MANDRILL_UNAVAILABLE
Try again once it is back.
Mailchimp Transactional could not be reached.