Exchange 2013 Message Size Limits – How to Set

Date February 22, 2015 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange

To display current message size limits:

1. Open the Exchange Management Shell
2. Enter the following command:

Get-TransportConfig | Format-List -Property MaxReceiveSize, MaxSendSize

Get-SendConnector | Format-List -Property Identity, MaxMessageSize

Get-ReceiveConnector | Format-List -Property Identity, MaxMessageSize

To increase size limits on your Exchange Server 2013 machine:

1. Open the Exchange Management Shell
2. Enter the following commands:

Set-TransportConfig -MaxReceiveSize 100MB -MaxSendSize 100MB

Get-SendConnector | Set-SendConnector -MaxMessageSize 100MB

Get-ReceiveConnector | Set-ReceiveConnector -MaxMessageSize 100MB

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