Mailbox Storage Limits - What happens to emails? 1

[Neily]

We've recetnly introduced limits for mailbox size on our Exchange server.

When the max limit is reached the user will no longer be able to send or receive emails.

What happens to the emails they are sent? are they queued and will be delivered after the user reduces the mailbox size?

I assume the ones they are trying to send just remain in their outbox until size is reduced?

THANKS

 

[Billybonga]

I believe the emails sent to the user gets bounced back to the sender advising them that the mailbox of teh recipient is oversize and their email cannot be delivered.

It will then have to be resent after the mailbox size has been reduced.

Mails sent by the users are bounced back to the user advising them that their mailbox is over limits - they must clear out their mailbox and then can go into their sent items and re-send the message

Well - this is what happens on our setup

 

[Neily]

Great Thanks.

Do you know if there is a way to change the message the owner of said mailbox gets? We want to tell them that emails are bounced!

THANKS

 

[firthm]

You can edit the message but it isn't a standard feature within Exchange...I think it may be free though??

Please see the following article, which is very useful:

http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Customizing-Mailbox-Limit-Warnings-Quota-Message-Service.html

I hope this helps...

Mike

Michael Firth
Network Infrastructure Officer

~If it's not broke, break it and LEARN~