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--- wiki:setting-message-size-limits-in-exchange-server-2016 [2020/01/20 18:37] – wikiadmin
+++ wiki:setting-message-size-limits-in-exchange-server-2016 [2020/01/20 20:15] (current) – [View and Set the Server's Message Size Limitations via Exchange Management Console (EMC)] wikiadmin
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   * Send/receive connector settings
   * User mailbox settings.
+====View and Set the Server's Message Size Limitations via Exchange Management Console (EMC)====
 To check your server’s current limit you can open and access them via Exchange Management Console (EMC), however you can use PowerShell as a method for checking message limits as well. Run the following code in the Exchange Management Shell:
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 <code>Set-TransportConfig -MaxSendSize 100MB -MaxReceiveSize 100MB</code>
-The easiest way (the least amount of typing) to set the maximum message size limits for the exchange send and receive connectors is to log into the Exchange Admin Center as a user with appropriate administrative privileges.  https://yourmailhostname.yourdomain.tld/ecp/  and do the following:
+====View and Set the Send and Receive Connectors' Message Size Limitations via Exchange Admin Center (EAC)====
+The easiest way (the least amount of typing) to set the maximum message size limits for the exchange send and receive connectors is to log into the Exchange Admin Center as a user with appropriate administrative privileges.  <code>https://yourmailhostname.yourdomain.tld/ecp/</code> and do the following:
   * Select 'mail Flow' from the left menu.
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 </code>
-===Resources===
+====Using the Exchange Admin Console (EAC) to Set Message Size Limits per User Mailbox====
+  * In EAC -> select Recipients -> Select Mailboxes
+  * Select a Mailbox user -> click Edit
+  * On the mailbox properties page -> click Mailbox Features.
+  * Under Message Size Restrictions -> click View details to view and change the following message size limits:
+  * Sent messages: To set a maximum size for messages sent by this user, select the Maximum message size (KB) check box and type a value in the box. The message size must be between 0 and 2,097,151 KB. If the user sends a message larger than the specified size, the message will be returned to the user with a descriptive error message.
+  * Received messages: To set a maximum size for messages received by this user, select the Maximum message size (KB) check box and type a value in the box. The message size must be between 0 and 2,097,151 KB. If the user receives a message larger than the specified size, the message will be returned to the sender with a descriptive error message.
+  * Click OK, and then click Save to save your changes.
+====Using the Exchange Management Shell to Configure Message Size Limits per User Mailbox====
+Open Exchange Management Console Power Shell [PS].  Here is an example that sets the maximum size for sent messages to 50 MB and the maximum size for received messages to 36 MB for the mailbox of James Geek.
+<code>Set-Mailbox -Identity "James Geek" -MaxSendSize 50mb -MaxReceiveSize 36mb</code>
+**Resources:**
 [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flow/message-size-limits?view=exchserver-2019]]
 [[https://www.codetwo.com/admins-blog/exchange-attachment-size-limit-find-change/]]
+**Setting Message Size Limits Per Mailbox:**
+[[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients/user-mailboxes/mailbox-message-size-limits?view=exchserver-2019]]