What Is The Max Size Message View Archive Will Accept?

The View Archive email service has a Max Message Size limit that is applicable to the collection methods, SMTP and POP.

• The View Archive Service will accept all journaled messages upto 140MB, when delivering journaled messages to the View Email Archive using SMTP*.
• The View Archive Service will collect all messages upto 150MB, when journaling messages for the View Email Archive using POP.

 *  When using SMTP, you have to take into consideration of the Mime encoding bloat that is applied for SMTP transmission.  This could increase a message overall size by up to 30%-40%.  The View archives maxed upper limit is 200MB for SMTP journaled messages and this includes the mime encapsulation overhead

Articles that may be of interest:

• Frequently asked questions about MIME and content conversion in Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836555
• Office 265 Blog:  http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/158/t/81061.aspx
• http://email.about.com/cs/standards/a/base64_encoding.htm
• http://www.faq.nuvotera.com/increase-in-message-size-upon-delivery/