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2 GB mailbox limit?
We run E2k (enterprise edition) SP3 on W2k SP2. I never heard of absolute size limits for a mailbox itself, but when I tried to set the Storage Limits for one particularly large mailbox to 2.5 GB, I got the error: "The value for ... is not valid. Specify a value from 0 through 2097151". MS Technet does not have any reports on this (as far as I could find out).
Does this mean one cannot have a mailbox larger than 2 GB, or does it simply mean that you cannot set Storage limits beyond that point? This is rather urgent, since the mailbox belongs to a director and there might be some consequences to this story for us...
Kind Regards,
Eli
Does this mean one cannot have a mailbox larger than 2 GB, or does it simply mean that you cannot set Storage limits beyond that point? This is rather urgent, since the mailbox belongs to a director and there might be some consequences to this story for us...
Kind Regards,
Eli
Poggy
I think you're trying to change the individual message attachment size limit not the mailbox limit. AFAIK individual messages can be limited from between 0-2MB (2097151 bytes). Look at KB article 319583 for instruction on setting mailbox limits.
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Thank you Poggy, but I wasn't setting the attachment size. These really are the mailbox limits (AD Users and computers -> OU -> user -> exchange general tab -> Storage limits).
When I give a size larger then 2097152 in the 'Prohibit send and receive at (KB) field, I get this error message. I tried it on our test domain (which is completely seperated from the production environment), and got the same result.
When I give a size larger then 2097152 in the 'Prohibit send and receive at (KB) field, I get this error message. I tried it on our test domain (which is completely seperated from the production environment), and got the same result.
ASKER
Thank you Poggy, but I wasn't setting the attachment size. These really are the mailbox limits (AD Users and computers -> OU -> user -> exchange general tab -> Storage limits).
When I give a size larger then 2097152 in the 'Prohibit send and receive at (KB) field, I get this error message. I tried it on our test domain (which is completely seperated from the production environment), and got the same result.
When I give a size larger then 2097152 in the 'Prohibit send and receive at (KB) field, I get this error message. I tried it on our test domain (which is completely seperated from the production environment), and got the same result.
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for your confirmation of the problem. I will accept this as an answer.
We have an archiving solution in place (IXOS), but since this does not allow yet to have a copy of archived mails in offline folders, the solution was not OK for the director. However, a newer version of IXOS will allow us to do this exact thing, so the problem will be solved that way.
But I still find it a very strange thing that a mailbox store doesn't seem to have "real world" limits, whereas a mailbox is apparently limited to 2 GB... and that there seems to be no information on the subject on Technet.
Kind regards,
Eli
Thanks for your confirmation of the problem. I will accept this as an answer.
We have an archiving solution in place (IXOS), but since this does not allow yet to have a copy of archived mails in offline folders, the solution was not OK for the director. However, a newer version of IXOS will allow us to do this exact thing, so the problem will be solved that way.
But I still find it a very strange thing that a mailbox store doesn't seem to have "real world" limits, whereas a mailbox is apparently limited to 2 GB... and that there seems to be no information on the subject on Technet.
Kind regards,
Eli