Email bounce because of header to large
Hi guys,
I think I know the answer to this, but maybe not. We have a user that was sending out an email to everyone internally and a number of external recipients. She got a bounce message stating: Response: 552 5.6.0 Headers too large (16384 max) . Now I'm guessing this is do to the large number of recipients creating a large header but I'm not sure. I'm kind of at a loss as of what to do. I was thinking of telling the individual to just not send the email to so many recipients and the same time, but maybe thats not the best answer. Any ideas what I can do guys? Is there a setting in Groupwise that can strip off the unneeded recipients and just create the header with only the required recipient? Thanks alot! :)
I think I know the answer to this, but maybe not. We have a user that was sending out an email to everyone internally and a number of external recipients. She got a bounce message stating: Response: 552 5.6.0 Headers too large (16384 max) . Now I'm guessing this is do to the large number of recipients creating a large header but I'm not sure. I'm kind of at a loss as of what to do. I was thinking of telling the individual to just not send the email to so many recipients and the same time, but maybe thats not the best answer. Any ideas what I can do guys? Is there a setting in Groupwise that can strip off the unneeded recipients and just create the header with only the required recipient? Thanks alot! :)
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Hi PsiCop,
So I'm curious, how is it that BCC uses less space intead of TO or CC? Help me understand please :). Maybe the BCC recipient isn't tagged onto the header or? Thanks!
So I'm curious, how is it that BCC uses less space intead of TO or CC? Help me understand please :). Maybe the BCC recipient isn't tagged onto the header or? Thanks!
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Frankly, it sounds like your user is using the wrong tool for the job. If their list of recipients is so long that its creating monsterous (over 16KB) message headers, the user should really be turning the list over to a mailing list management software, like MailMan (http://www.list.org). That makes a LOT more sense than sending out these messages with a huge list of recipients. Also makes recipient management a lot easier.
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Ahh nice suggestion PsiCop, thanks alot :)
If the user sends to the recipients using BCC instead of TO or CC, then the header size will be greatly reduced.