XCON: MTA Unable to Send Message to Large Number of Recipients

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to send a message to an extremely large number of recipients, either by sending the message directly to the recipients or by sending the message to a distribution list (DL) that contains the recipients, the message transfer agent (MTA) may stop unexpectedly. If you send the message to a DL, the MTA may take an unusually long time to process the message, instead of stopping unexpectedly. This problem is most likely to occur when you send the message to more than 8,288 recipients.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. For information about 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 :
Version : WINDOWS:5.5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug