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Resolving the issue: 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

By Jason Slater
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We recently discovered that several emails, we were expecting, were being rejected by our Exchange Server 2007 and giving the following response:

SMTP command failed when talking to server.domain.com: <<< MAIL FROM:host@remotedomain.com SIZE=16164910
 >>> 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

The resolution was to go into:

  • Exchange Server Management Console
  • Organization Configuration
  • Hub Transport
  • Locate the appropriate Receive Connector
  • Adjust the value of the Maximum Message Size (KB)

 Resolving the issue: 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

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3 comments so far

  • Marco Engel says:

    after trying your solutions I found a better workaround.
    if you open exchange management shell
    do the following:
    get-receiveconnector

    select the receive connector identity for which you are changing this setting. in servername\identity format

    then do the following
    set-receiveconnector -identity servername\identity -MaxHeaderSize
    128kb (or a higher value)

    experiment with this until you do no longer get the error.
    to view the current maxheader size:
    get-receiveconnector -identity servername\identity |list

    cheers,
    Marco

  • jasonslater says:

    Thanks for the pointer Marco.

  • Mick says:

    Details are everything.. The above should say:

    The resolution was to go into:

    Exchange Server Management Console
    SERVER Configuration (NOT Organization)
    Hub Transport
    Locate the appropriate Receive Connector
    Adjust the value of the Maximum Message Size (KB)

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