Different Internal & External Mail Limits?

[Ron Walker]

The company I support wants to restrict outbound mail size (preferably in tiers:execs, managers....) while leaving internal to internal size restrictions un-restricted. The company uses Exchange to pass engineering/cad files amongst each other for work, but now is concerned about the same leaving the building via e-mail. Is there a way to restrict outbound mail only?

Company setup includes:
Exchange Computer:
* NT4 w/sp6a
* Exchange 5.5 Enterprise w/sp4 & OWA
* 1-100 NIC to the outside
* 2-100 NICs bonded to the inside
Network Basics:
* T1, DHCP, DNS, Proxy 2.0, IIS4, 3 subnets
* 1 PDC, 6 BDCs, 240 clients (servers-NT4, clients-NT4ws, Win98, Win2000, Unix, Solaris)


Thanks for any help....

[Gill]

One way would be to set the mail size limit on the Internet Mail Service connector (IMC). Click on the General tab and specify the message size limit in KB. This would restrict all SMTP routed email to the size you specify. Keep in mind that this includes inbound (most likely from the internet) and outbound SMTP mail.

There are other ways but it would be hard to determine that best solution without knowing your specific environment.

G


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Ron Walker at 1/14/01 4:21:26 AM

The company I support wants to restrict outbound mail size (preferably in tiers:execs, managers....) while leaving internal to internal size restrictions un-restricted. The company uses Exchange to pass engineering/cad files amongst each other for work, but now is concerned about the same leaving the building via e-mail. Is there a way to restrict outbound mail only?

Company setup includes:
Exchange Computer:
* NT4 w/sp6a
* Exchange 5.5 Enterprise w/sp4 & OWA
* 1-100 NIC to the outside
* 2-100 NICs bonded to the inside
Network Basics:
* T1, DHCP, DNS, Proxy 2.0, IIS4, 3 subnets
* 1 PDC, 6 BDCs, 240 clients (servers-NT4, clients-NT4ws, Win98, Win2000, Unix, Solaris)


Thanks for any help....