Microsoft KB Archive/263709

= XCON: Message That Is Smaller Than Size Restriction Is Returned with an NDR Stating That the Content Length Is Too Long =

Article ID: 263709

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q263709



SYMPTOMS
A message that is smaller than the size restriction on a remote Message Transfer Agent (MTA) is rejected with a Non-Delivery Report (NDR) stating that the content length is too long.



CAUSE
If the MTA in the originating site passes the message to a mailbox server where the size restriction configured on the local MTA is smaller than the message size, the MTA rejects the message instead of passing it to the connector server to be delivered to the foreign mail system.



RESOLUTION
Clear the selection of the Mailbox servers from the Target Servers tab of the Site Connector, or make MTA size restrictions uniform throughout all sites.



Example
A message from the originating site, Site A, enters Site B by way of a Site Connector. In Site A, the Target Servers tab on the Site Connector properties has all remote servers in Site B selected. The mailbox servers in Site B have a smaller size restriction set on their MTAs than the connector servers in Site B.

Keywords: kbprb KB263709

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