Actually, higher limits are possible, but require modifying the AD attributes outside of the normal GUI. For example using ADSI Edit to change these attributes of a user/mailbox:
mDBStorageQuota - Warning Limit mDBOverQuotaLimit - Prohibit Send mDBOverHardQuotaLimit - Prohibit Send / Receive - Brendan Moon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:41 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Yes, I'm using Exchange 2003. I guess if you are going to set limits, the biggest limit you can set is 1kb less than 2Gb (2Gb = 2097152 Kb). Maybe MS figures that anyone who's going to set a limit over two gigs really shouldn't bother setting limits? If you don't set limits then, well, I haven't seen a hard number on the ceiling yet as to how big a mailbox can get...... Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 1:41 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Hi Joe, What version of Exchange are you using is it 2003? One of my user group members just mentioned that he was limited to 2GB, however he had enforced " prohibit send and receive " and tried setting the limit to 2.5GB when he receive the error I have attached. Sincerely, Jose Medeiros Former Vice President and Postmaster NTEA MCP+I, MCSE, NT4 MCT www.ntea.net www.tvnug.org www.sfntug.org ----------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Pochedley Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:28 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Yes it is... I have one user with a 13Gb mailbox. (Yes, that's gigabytes.) Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burkes, Jeremy [Contractor] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:59 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits In my current position they were in the process of migrating from Exchange 5.5 to 2000 and had to turn off the limitation policy for the migration (I cannot remember why). I have users with 800 - 1000 MB mailboxes. My information stores are growing somewhat out of control. We are turning back on our email deletion policy and are going to enforce 500MB limitations for most users and probably 750MB for our "commanders". It is amazing what users will do when given the space. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:28 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Dèjì, I'd tend to agree with you there... 25Mb is nothing when you can go out and get a free email account with a gig a space from many providers. I do believe I'd be drawn and quartered if I recommended a 25mb, or even a 250 mb limit here... That being said, every organization is different. If they have a business justification for such a small mailbox size that's up to them... Hopefully when being so restrictive, they're properly controlling the usage of PST's (for various reasons) and controlling business use of external email accounts (in part to control garbage, and in part to comply with any retention regulations as applicable). Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 11:51 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits This is NOT personal, but let me say that your limits are overly restrictive and counter-productive as far as fostering good relationship with your end-users is concerned. In this day and age (html email and all), 25MB is nothing, especially when you consider the fact that hard drive costs are exponentially less than what they used to be 2-3 years ago. That is all my opinion and, again, it's not meant to knock you in a personal way. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Robin Smith Sent: Thu 6/9/2005 5:22 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits I'd be interested to hear what others have to say, too. We are stingy with our mailbox limits because the more we give our users the more they abuse it. We limit most 'regular' users to 8MB with a warning at 7MB. When they reach 8MB they can't send. If a regular user's mailbox gets to 15MB then we disable it. This forces the user to do something - either call the Help Desk or clean out their mail. Directors and chiefs and commissioners and such are generally given much higher limits. We start at 25MB and then increase by 10MB if necessary. We do have a handful of users who have no limits whatsoever and their mailboxes are out of control. We are in the process of migrating to Exchange2003 and implementing mailbox manager. Robin ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 7:55 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Just out of curiosity, those of you who are Exchange Admins, what is the max size that your users can stop sending and receiving? How do you deal with users who are out of the office your whatever reason, so they don't lose emails because their over there limit? 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