Exchange Server 2003 Increase size limit for a message

what limit is set now? and where all did you change the limit? did you restart any service after that?

I set it to no limit for a temporary basis. I went into global settings then message delivery. What service do I need to restart? And if so will it kick people off of exchange?

Hi AnthonyHanson,

You also need to set it on the smtp connector.
hope that helps

Regards,

Trenes

i checked the SMTP connector and there was no limit on it.

are you sending between routing groups or to the internet?
check whether you are able to send internally

i can't send it internal. what is the service i need to restart. will it kick people off of exchange??

all the places you can set limits and 'who wins' when more than one is set:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322679

kris.

Checked all those places.  the only place it is set is in Global settings

well, what size limit did you set in global settings, and what size message are you trying to send?

Well i set it to no limit. Our CFO needs to send a report that is 20 megs.

has he ever heard of FTP? how about winzip?

try setting it to 30 megs rather than 'no limit'.

kris.

Yeah didn't work

if you bounce system attendant this should definitely fix it. this will have the usual ramifications.

kris.

what would the ramifications be? people lose connection to exchange?

yes, briefly. if you look at the other services that are dependent on system attendant, or try this is a lab environment, you should be able to see that the information store service will need to be restarted with system attendant.

kris.

no i never restarted the services because i couldn't have down time. he just mailed it on CD so it's good. THanks for your input though chris