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# 21653: There are more recipient addresses than allowed

Log Type: APPLICATION

Log 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