I'm a newbie to Exchange administration. Is there a way to change a users maximum message receive/send size. We only want to up it for one particular user and was not sure if this could be done.

Take a look at this article. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Set-Size-Limits-Messages.htmlMark Morowczynski|MCT| MCSE 2003:Messaging, Security|MCITP:ES, SA,EA|MCTS:Windows Mobile Admin|Security+|http://almostdailytech.com

Which version of Exchange are you using? If it's Exchange 2007 you can use the Set-Mailbox cmdlet's MaxReceiveSize and MaxSendSize parameters.

On Wed, 16-Dec-09 15:14:48 GMT, wjreinhard wrote:>I'm a newbie to Exchange administration. Is there a way to change a users maximum message receive/send size. We only want to up it for one particular user and was not sure if this could be done. You can increase the mazimum allowable size for ALL users and thenlimit the maximumum allowable send and recieve sizes for everyoneexcept those that you want to be able to use that limit.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Correct me if I'm wrong, but by default there is no limit on individual mailboxes, so using Set-Mailbox to specifylimits would actually reduce what the usermight possibly send/receive. Plus, if you specify an amount that's higher than the global transport defaults or any connectors, it would still get rejected.

On Wed, 16-Dec-09 17:38:12 GMT, Mike Koch wrote:>Correct me if I'm wrong, but by default there is no limit on individual mailboxes,That's correct. They're restrained by the organizational values.>so using Set-Mailbox to specify limits would actually reduce what the user might possibly send/receive. Yes, that's what the OP asked for. He wanted to allow SOME users tosend larger messages. If he just raised the global limit then ALLusers would be able to send/receive messages with the larger limits. the global limits and thenresticting the people you don't want to use those new limits.>Plus, if you specify an amount that's higher than the global transport defaults or any connectors, it would still get rejected. Correct again.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Mark Morowczynski: Take a look at this article.http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Set-Size-Limits-Messages.html Yes, that is anexcellent article for Exchange 2003. Here the same author, Marc Grote,continues with Exchange 2007 Message Size Limits:http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.htmlMCTS: Messaging | MCSE: S+M | Small Business Specialist

Thanks for all the input guys, we are using Exchange 2007