Exchange Server Message Size Limit:

To check your server’s current limit you can open and access them via Exchange Management Console (EMC), however PowerShell offers a faster method that is available also on Office 365. Run the following code in the Exchange Management Shell, or after connecting with Office 365 via remote PowerShell session:

 

get-transportconfig | ft maxsendsize, maxreceivesize

get-receiveconnector | ft name, maxmessagesize

get-sendconnector | ft name, maxmessagesize

get-mailbox Administrator |ft Name, Maxsendsize, maxreceivesize

 

To change the above size limits you can use a PS script too. The example below shows how to reduce the size of messages accepted by the transport service from the 25 MB to 15 MB.

 

Set-TransportConfig -MaxSendSize 15MB -MaxReceiveSize 15MB

Attachment size limit

The only way to set size limits exclusively for attachments is to use a hub transport rule, which will detect and block messages if their attachments are over a specified size threshold.

 

To set up the rule you can use the below PowerShell script, as the method is quite simple:

 

New-TransportRule -Name LargeAttach -AttachmentSizeOver 10MB -RejectMessageReasonText "Message attachment size over 10MB – email rejected."

The command creates a rule named LargeAttach that is triggered by any email with attachments larger than 10MB. The rule then stops the message from delivery, and sends back a notification about that fact to the original sender.

 

Set the message size according to your specification.

 

 

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