We are running Exchange 2003. On clinet computers, we have Windows 7 with Office 2010 and Windows XP with Office 2003. Default Mailbox is set to a PST file that is kept on a seperate server. On computers with office 2010, when the user goes out for some few days, they receive this message " Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator." but in actual sense the default mail folder is a PST file and the exchange mail folder is less that the limit set on exchange. What can be the solution to this? Regards, Funflex.

Hi, Try to check the mailbox size in Exchange system manager & check if this size exceeds the limit of size mention in exchange, i think the solution is that you might have to increase the mailbox size while user is on leave, for mailbox quota have a look into this article : http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/07/06/428213.aspx To set the global mailbox quota Click Start, and then click Server Management. Click Advanced Management, click First Organization (Exchange), clickServers, click SERVER, click ServerName, where ServerName is the name of your server that is running Windows SBS, and then click First Storage Group. Note that after you click First Organization (Exchange), it changes to the name of your server that is running Windows SBS. Right-click Mailbox Store (SERVER), and then click Properties. Click the Limits tab. Select Issue warning at (KB), and then type the new warning value in kilobytes (KB). Click Prohibit send at (KB), and then type the new mailbox send limit in kilobytes. Select Prohibit send and receive at (KB), and then type the new mailbox limit for all functions in kilobytes. The Prohibit send and receive value should be the new mailbox quota for each mailbox. Click OK. Close the Server Management console. You can also set quotas for individual mailboxes. This is not recommended as a general practice, because it is easy to lose track of which mailboxes have been modified and how your maximum database size has been affected. If you need to change the quota for an individual mailbox, complete the following procedure. To set an individual mailbox quota Click Start, click Server Management, and then click Users. Right-click a user name, and then click Properties. Click the Exchange General tab, and then click Storage Limits. In the Storage Limits section, clear the Use mailbox store defaults check box. Select Issue warning at (KB), and then type the new warning value in kilobytes. Select Prohibit send at (KB), and then type the new mailbox send limit in kilobytes. Select Prohibit send and receive at (KB), and then type the new mailbox limit for all functions in kilobytes. The Prohibit send and receive value should be the new mailbox quota for each mailbox. Click OK. Close the User console Do let us know if more info is required. Ripu Daman Mina | MCSE 2003 & MCSA Messaging

While Ripu provides what may be the answer to your problem, I am just picking up on the following: "Default Mailbox is set to a PST file that is kept on a seperate server." Just so you are aware, it is unsupported to use PST files over the network . SteveSteve Goodman Check out my Blog for more Exchange info or find me on Twitter

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:10:56 +0000, Funflex wrote: >We are running Exchange 2003. On clinet computers, we have Windows 7 with Office 2010 and Windows XP with Office 2003. Default Mailbox is set to a PST file that is kept on a seperate server. On computers with office 2010, when the user goes out for some few days, they receive this message " > >Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator." > >but in actual sense the default mail folder is a PST file and the exchange mail folder is less that the limit set on exchange. > > > >What can be the solution to this? When you say "when the user goes out for some few days", do you mean they shut down Outlook? If that's the case the messages aren't moved from the mailbox to the PST. Managing the PST is a client-side function -- Exchange has nothing to do with it. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP