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rdd123

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Feb 23, 2009, 1:58:01 PM2/23/09
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Outlook 2003 is having trouble sedning emails with attachments. The
attachments are small so it can't be the size. However, the emails get
returned with this error message:
554 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size


Any ideas how to fix? I've already downloaded the latest fixes.

F.H. Muffman

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Feb 23, 2009, 2:01:43 PM2/23/09
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Define 'small'?

That type of error is provided by the server your communicating with, or
with some other server along the way. Does it happen to every message, or
jsut certain recipients?

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f.h.
Microsoft Outlook MVP


VanguardLH

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Feb 23, 2009, 3:01:12 PM2/23/09
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rdd123 wrote:

Maybe your UNIDENTIFIED e-mail provider doesn't permit attachments for a
freebie *personal-use* account with them.

When composing the e-mail and hitting Ctrl+S (to save a draft copy),
what's the size of the e-mail as shown in the Size column in the Drafts
folder?

Do you have your antivirus program appending some superfluous and
useless text, like "This e-mail has been scanned and found to be virus
free" (which no user is going to believe anyway)?

Are you using templates for your e-mails?

How big is your signature if you are adding one? Including any pictures
in those signatures?

Dan Perez

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Jan 5, 2012, 4:50:10 PM1/5/12
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I'm having the exact error message and I know it's not the msg size (msg is 48K), or my ISP, as we're using an Exchange server. Here's the details:

I have a user (Executive Assistant- Office 2010) who manages a recurring, weekly staff meeting. When one of the attendees( Office 2007) selects one occurence of the meeting and selects to decline just that one occurence, and opts to send a response, he receives an error message that the message is undeliverable.

Error message:

*********************************************************************

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:


Joanne Lamond (jla...@NESN.COM)
This message is larger than the size limit for messages. Please make it smaller and try sending it again.
















Diagnostic information for administrators:


Generating server: NESN-VCAS01.NESN.org


jla...@NESN.COM
#554-5.3.4 message exceeds fixed system limits 554 5.3.4 STOREDRV.Deliver.Exception:AttachmentExceededException.MapiExceptionMaxAttachmentExceeded; Failed to process message due to a permanent exception with message Cannot save changes made to an item to store. 16.55847:8A0C0000, 17.43559:000000009602000000000000E500000000000000, 255.23226:2B0A0000, 255.27962:0A000000, 255.27962:0E000000, 255.27962:0C000000, 255.17082:DB040000, 0.18273:00000000, 4.21921:DB040000, 255.27962:FA000000, 255.1494:00000000, 255.1238:00000000, 1.28444:0200A967, 1.36537:0200A967, 6.5587:0F0104800200A9670F010480, 4.23066:0F010480, 6.21970:0F0104800B00AD670F010480, 1.28444:0B00AD67, 1.36537:0B00AD67, 6.5587:0F0104800B00AD670F010480, 4.23066:0F010480, 6.21970:0F0104800201FE670F010480, 1.28444:0201FE67, 1.36537:0201FE67, 6.5587:0F0104800201FE670F010480, 4.23066:0F010480, 1.36831:01040000, 4.38879:DB040000, 0.63455:0200F265, 4.38879:DB040000, 0.63455:0F010480, 4.38879:DB040000, 0.63455:0F010480, 4.38879:DB040000, 0.33367:0F010480, 4.5041:DB040000, 4.4465:DB040000, 4.6926:DB040000, 255.1750:00000000, 255.31418:00000000, 0.21457:2D000000, 4.19665:DB040000 ##


Original message headers:


Received: from NESN-VEXCHMB01.NESN.org ([fe80::f818:7b23:a575:fe95]) by
NESN-VCAS01.NESN.org ([::1]) with mapi id 14.01.0270.001; Thu, 5 Jan 2012
13:29:32 -0500
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
From: "Daniel L. Perez" <dpe...@NESN.COM>
To: Joanne Lamond <jla...@NESN.COM>
Subject: Declined: Weekly Staff Meeting
Thread-Topic: Weekly Staff Meeting
Thread-Index: AczL1cWIofLm0XA8RgmC3+lLGftHywAAAGzAAACMIqQ=
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 13:29:31 -0500
Message-ID: <90C4B65BE6B9784DA72...@NESN-VEXCHMB01.NESN.org>
Accept-Language: en-US
Content-Language: en-US
X-MS-Has-Attach:
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <90C4B65BE6B9784DA72...@NESN-VEXCHMB01.NESN.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Originating-IP: [192.168.3.75]

************************************************************************************

Exchange Server: 2010

Even though the error states that this is due to message size, the message is well below any limits we have set. I have been unable to find any information on this, on any forums.

Thanks,
Dan



> On Monday, February 23, 2009 1:58 PM rdd12 wrote:

> Outlook 2003 is having trouble sedning emails with attachments. The
> attachments are small so it can't be the size. However, the emails get
> returned with this error message:
> 554 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size
>
>
> Any ideas how to fix? I've already downloaded the latest fixes.


>> On Monday, February 23, 2009 3:01 PM VanguardLH wrote:

>> rdd123 wrote:
>>
>>
>> Maybe your UNIDENTIFIED e-mail provider doesn't permit attachments for a
>> freebie *personal-use* account with them.
>>
>> When composing the e-mail and hitting Ctrl+S (to save a draft copy),
>> what's the size of the e-mail as shown in the Size column in the Drafts
>> folder?
>>
>> Do you have your antivirus program appending some superfluous and
>> useless text, like "This e-mail has been scanned and found to be virus
>> free" (which no user is going to believe anyway)?
>>
>> Are you using templates for your e-mails?
>>
>> How big is your signature if you are adding one? Including any pictures
>> in those signatures?


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