XADM: Setting Up Receive-Only Mailboxes

Last reviewed: April 2, 1997
Article ID: Q151803

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article explains how to set up a Microsoft Exchange mailbox so that it can receive messages but cannot send any mail.

MORE INFORMATION

In the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program follow the steps below.

Bring up the properties for the mailbox that needs to be set to "Receive Only". Do this by selecting the mailbox and then selecting the Properties command from the File menu.

2. Go to the Advanced Property Page. 3. In the Message sizes section, set Max Outgoing size to 0K. 4. In the Information Store storage limits, set Prohibit Send to 0K.

Now when the user tries to send a message, the following message will be displayed:

   The item could not be sent. You have exceeded the storage limit on your
   mailbox. Delete some mail from your mailbox or contact your system
   administrator to adjust your storage limit.

If the Information Store storage limit is not set, the user will still not be able to send mail. However, the user will not receive any errors when sending the message. The mail will simply remain in the users Outbox.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 2, 1997
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