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

 Last reviewed: February 12, 1998
Article ID: Q153488
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0 and 5.0

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

Keywords          : kbbug5.00 kbfix5.00.sp2 XADM kbusage
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: February 12, 1998
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