Re: mailbox storage limit exceeded notification?

From: Jim Schwartz (shamusnc_at_not.spam.earthlink.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:58:40 GMT

While your first two numbers are a good way to space out the limits, that
third one is going to kill you. If you have to set a prohibit receive so you
don't run into a runaway mailbox, set it very high (200-300MB). A mailbox is
pretty useless to the majority of users if you can't send, so they'll clean
up. Where you'll run into issues with a low receive limit is when the user
is near the edge most of the time and goes on vacation or even out of the
office for a day or so. 10MB in the mailbox later and the bounces begin...

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/04/20/117024.aspx

"johndoe" <jdoe@ram.org> wrote in message
news:L2xJd.18890$Vx2.10005@trndny01...
> The settings are (for individual users, not the store):
>
> Issue warning at 90 MB
>
> Prohibit send at 95 MB
>
> Prohibit send and receive at 100 MB
>
>
> We haven't attempted the warning-only approach. We just want a real
> warning
> to be sent, whether customized or not.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:756dv05bjnvpkdaoudf26rrc1121kgumil@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:54:17 GMT, "johndoe" <jdoe@ram.org> wrote:
>>
>> >We're now implementing storage limits on users' mailboxes in our
>> >Exch2K/Win2K/Outlook2K environment.
>> >
>> >The problem is when the storage limit on a mailbox is exceeded, this
> cryptic
>> >error message pops up on the user's machine:
>> >
>> >"The message interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
>> >persists, restart Outlook."
>> >
>> >We don't the users to restart Outlook all day, since that's not going to
>> >make any difference. We'd like them to start deleting messages from the
>> >mailbox.
>> >
>> >Is there a way to customize a message that the Exchange server would
>> >then
>> >send out to the users, telling them that they've exceeded the storage
> limit?
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> Are you preventing them from Sending, Sending & Receiving or just
>> issuing a warning?
>> Do you get the same problem when just issuing a warning only?
>> #
>
>

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