XADM: Mail Limits on CR Fail to Stop Delivery of Large Message (153488)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0

This article was previously published under Q153488

SYMPTOMS

You use the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program (Admin.exe) to set a limit on the size of messages to be delivered to a custom recipient. Messages that are sent to this custom recipient are not stopped from delivery even though the messages are larger then the limit.

CAUSE

This functionally was never implemented.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbusage KB153488