Microsoft KB Archive/284118

= PRB: SMTP Message Size Limitation Does Not Work for E-Mail Messages Sent by MCIS HMI =

Article ID: 284118

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.0
 * Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.5

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This article was previously published under Q284118



SYMPTOMS
E-mail messages that are sent with the Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) HTML Mail Interface (HMI) cannot be limited by the SMTP message size limitation (Metabase Key: MaxMessageSize).



CAUSE
The HMI creates the message EML file and places this EML file directly into the Pickup folder of the SMTP service. The size of the e-mail messages that are sent with this method is not checked.



RESOLUTION
To limit the message size, you need a second SMTP host to which you have to relay the dropped messages. In this SMTP service, you can successfully set a message size limitation because this service does not receive e-mail messages through the Pickup folder.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbprb KB284118

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