No NDR/warning for messages that exceed message size limit

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No NDR/warning for messages that exceed message size limit

by TWFya » Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:46:07

Has anyone seen the following problem:
config - Exchange 2000 SP3 on Windows 2000 SP3
When message size limits are set and a user tries to send a message that exceeds the limit, the message appears to be sent normally. In addition, there is no NDR returned and the message is never delivered to the recipient. It appears that Exchange accepts the over-size message, then drops it without letting anybody know that the message was too big.
Also, if an external message come in that causes the mailbox size limit to be exceeded, neither the sender nor recipient is informed and the message appears to be dropped.
Any insight is greatly appreciated.
Mark

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1. Help - I'm not getting NDR when message limit is exceed

2. Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

An AOL sender is getting the following error when trying to send to the SBS
2000 Server. It appears that there are no limits set on the SBS Server.
Any ideas of something I'm missing?

-----Original Message-----

From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [mailto: XXXX@XXXXX.COM ]

Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:14 PM

To: XXXX@XXXXX.COM

Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable

The original message was received at Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:13:42 -0500

(EST) from root@localhost

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
< XXXX@XXXXX.COM >

----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to

mail.topsociety.org.:

<<< 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

554 < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >... Service unavailable