---
page_type: error
code: 21653
message: "21653: There are more recipient addresses than allowed"
level: ERROR
---

## Description

There are more recipient addresses than allowed for a channel. For instance for SMS we allow only one recipient but for Group MMS we allow multiple recipients

### Possible Causes

Too many recipients were provided in the request or channel selection is incorrect

### Possible Solutions

Fix the list of recipients according a channel restrictions