RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith 
Indeed.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Very Large Files?

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Sent: 30 September 2011 16:16
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

MBS,
pardon my ignorance, VLF?
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.

Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM and 
the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.

You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport layout 
for the WHY, but you'll see that any message going through an Exchange 2003 
server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and about 4 times the 
size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant mailbox).

The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server. There 
is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I've seen 150 MB messages crash 
Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal very well with 
running out of memory.

These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use email 
for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the wrong way to 
do it.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sobey, Richard A 
[mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk>]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM

To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

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Sent: 30 September 2011 12:51
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

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Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link 
Amen to the TGIF

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:25 AM,  wrote:

>  Very Large File (IMHO)
>
> ** **
>
> TGIF. Srsly.
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* David Liu [mailto:ganymed...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2011 11:16 AM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
> ** **
>
> MBS, 
>
> pardon my ignorance, VLF? 
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith 
> wrote:
>
> The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.
>
>  
>
> Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM
> and the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.
>
>  
>
> You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport
> layout for the WHY, but you’ll see that any message going through an
> Exchange 2003 server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and
> about 4 times the size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant
> mailbox).
>
>  
>
> The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server.
> There is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I’ve seen 150 MB
> messages crash Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal
> very well with running out of memory.
>
>  
>
> These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use
> email for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the
> wrong way to do it.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
>  
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM
>
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
>  
>
> Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?
>
>  
>
> You’ll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which
> you have no control) far quicker though.
>
>  
>
> Richard
>
>  
>
> *From:* bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
> [mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Tony Patton
> *Sent:* 30 September 2011 12:51
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
>  
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive
> limits, what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can
> be sent?
>
> Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> T
>
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Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread David Liu 
Ha, all this leetspeak. :)

Thanks

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Sobey, Richard A
wrote:

>  Very Large Files?
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* bounce-9428843-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:
> bounce-9428843-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of *David
> Liu
> *Sent:* 30 September 2011 16:16
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
> ** **
>
> MBS, 
>
> pardon my ignorance, VLF? 
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith 
> wrote:
>
> The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.
>
>  
>
> Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM
> and the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.
>
>  
>
> You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport
> layout for the WHY, but you’ll see that any message going through an
> Exchange 2003 server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and
> about 4 times the size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant
> mailbox).
>
>  
>
> The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server.
> There is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I’ve seen 150 MB
> messages crash Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal
> very well with running out of memory.
>
>  
>
> These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use
> email for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the
> wrong way to do it.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
>  
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM
>
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
>  
>
> Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?
>
>  
>
> You’ll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which
> you have no control) far quicker though.
>
>  
>
> Richard
>
>  
>
> *From:* bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
> [mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Tony Patton
> *Sent:* 30 September 2011 12:51
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
>  
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive
> limits, what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can
> be sent?
>
> Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> T
>
> Typed slowly on HTC Desire
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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread PRamatowski 
Very Large File (IMHO)

TGIF. Srsly.

From: David Liu [mailto:ganymed...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:16 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

MBS,
pardon my ignorance, VLF?
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.

Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM and 
the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.

You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport layout 
for the WHY, but you'll see that any message going through an Exchange 2003 
server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and about 4 times the 
size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant mailbox).

The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server. There 
is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I've seen 150 MB messages crash 
Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal very well with 
running out of memory.

These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use email 
for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the wrong way to 
do it.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sobey, Richard A 
[mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk>]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM

To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

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[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]>
 On Behalf Of Tony Patton
Sent: 30 September 2011 12:51
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Sobey, Richard A 
Very Large Files?

From: bounce-9428843-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com 
[mailto:bounce-9428843-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of David 
Liu
Sent: 30 September 2011 16:16
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

MBS,
pardon my ignorance, VLF?
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.

Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM and 
the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.

You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport layout 
for the WHY, but you'll see that any message going through an Exchange 2003 
server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and about 4 times the 
size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant mailbox).

The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server. There 
is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I've seen 150 MB messages crash 
Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal very well with 
running out of memory.

These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use email 
for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the wrong way to 
do it.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sobey, Richard A 
[mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk>]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM

To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

From: 
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[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]>
 On Behalf Of Tony Patton
Sent: 30 September 2011 12:51
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

Typed slowly on HTC Desire

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Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread David Liu 
MBS,
pardon my ignorance, VLF?

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

>  The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.
>
> ** **
>
> Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM
> and the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.
>
> ** **
>
> You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport
> layout for the WHY, but you’ll see that any message going through an
> Exchange 2003 server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and
> about 4 times the size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant
> mailbox).
>
> ** **
>
> The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server.
> There is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I’ve seen 150 MB
> messages crash Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal
> very well with running out of memory.
>
> ** **
>
> These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use
> email for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the
> wrong way to do it.
>
> ** **
>
> Regards,
>
> ** **
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
>  ** **
>
> Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?
>
> ** **
>
> You’ll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which
> you have no control) far quicker though.
>
> ** **
>
> Richard
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
> [mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony
> Patton
> *Sent:* 30 September 2011 12:51
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?
>
> ** **
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive
> limits, what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can
> be sent?
>
> Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> T
>
> Typed slowly on HTC Desire
>
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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread KevinM 
I had a customer in the past who regularly sent 4-5GB emails. The only issue 
was a backup of Transport behind the large message.

From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 4:56 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

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[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]>
 On Behalf Of Tony Patton
Sent: 30 September 2011 12:51
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

Typed slowly on HTC Desire

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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith 
Yes; it changed with Outlook 2007 sp1 and Exchange 2007 (I don't remember which 
sp).

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 9:09 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

>I've seen a 1GB message crash an Ex2003 server. It's not pretty :)

I had an astute user interested in doing non paid work from home by means of
reading help files take the entire autocad dir under program files and drag into
an email. There were a few log files made for a "short" interval while that 
server
fsck'ed off into oblivion:)

I've seen this discussed here before, I wonder if that behavior has changed wrt
OL and exchange finally?

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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale 
>I've seen a 1GB message crash an Ex2003 server. It's not pretty :)

I had an astute user interested in doing non paid work from home by means of
reading help files take the entire autocad dir under program files and drag into
an email. There were a few log files made for a "short" interval while that 
server
fsck'ed off into oblivion:)

I've seen this discussed here before, I wonder if that behavior has changed wrt
OL and exchange finally?

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Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Richard Sobey 

On 30/09/2011 13:28, Michael B. Smith wrote:


The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server.
There is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I’ve seen 150 MB
messages crash Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal
very well with running out of memory.


I’ve seen a 1GB message crash an Ex2003 server. It’s not pretty :)

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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith 
The technical limits are likely to be on the e2k3 server itself.

Remember, Exchange 2003 is a 32-bit application and is limited to 4GB RAM and 
the store consumes most of the RAM on that server.

You can have a look at the Technical Reference Guide for the transport layout 
for the WHY, but you'll see that any message going through an Exchange 2003 
server requires about 2.5 times the message size in RAM and about 4 times the 
size on disk (some temporary, some in the System Attendant mailbox).

The effective limit is going to be different on just about every server. There 
is no theoretical limit that I am aware of. But I've seen 150 MB messages crash 
Exchange 2003 servers because Exchange 2003 does not deal very well with 
running out of memory.

These things have changed dramatically by Exchange 2010. You could use email 
for VLFs in Exchange 2010, but I would still say that email is the wrong way to 
do it.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:56 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

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Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

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RE: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Sobey, Richard A 
Does SMTP /have/ a theoretical limit on the size of a message?

You'll hit technical limits (imposed by organisations/servers over which you 
have no control) far quicker though.

Richard

From: bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com 
[mailto:bounce-9428438-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Tony 
Patton
Sent: 30 September 2011 12:51
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?


Hi folks,

I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive limits, 
what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that can be sent?

Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.

Thanks in advance :-)

T

Typed slowly on HTC Desire

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Re: Theoretical maximum message size in E2k3?

2011-09-30 Thread Tony Patton 
Meant to add that my google-fI has failed me on this and i've tried reading
the e2k3 technical reference, but only came across the database size limits.

T

Typed slowly on HTC Desire
On Sep 30, 2011 12:51 PM, "Tony Patton"  wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just been asked by a customer that if we remove the send/receive
> limits, what is the technical/theoretical maximum size of a message that
can
> be sent?
>
> Discounting all other factors such as mailbox and storage group sizes.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> T
>
> Typed slowly on HTC Desire
>
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