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Conference chefs::ms-exchange

Title:	Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:	FLASK2::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:	1099
Total number of notes:	5174

1011.0. "Does Exchange's dis lists have a character limit?" by BIGQ::SILVA (http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/) Fri Apr 18 1997 18:12


	Does Exchange mail have a limit to how many characters a distribution
list can have?

	I made a distribution list, and it failed. I did it by mailing a vms
distribution list to exchange, opening it in Word, and did the following:

		changed all carriage returns with a ; <---there is a space

	I then copied it into an exchange distribution list I made. It then
went through and every address that wasn't in the internet format, it would ask
for a change. I used ELF to make the changes. And then saved it, and it failed.

	I then did the same thing, but just used the internet addresses and
omitted the vms formatted addresses. It worked fine. 

	So I then did the same thing, but took SOME of the vms formatted
addresses and converted them with elf, and that worked. So I went and redid the
whole distribution list, and it failed. 

	The list has about 150 people on it. I hate to keep redoing the thing, 
so...... is this too much for exchange to handle? 



Glen

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1011.1	Department Of Instant Reactions Department	SMURF::PBECK	Who put the bop in the hale-de-bop-de-bop?	`Fri Apr 18 1997 18:43`	3
	> -< Does Exchange's dis lists have a character limit? >- Hmmm ... is a 'dis list' the people you send put-down mail to?
1011.2		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Fri Apr 18 1997 19:05`	3
	Ummmm..... yeah. :-)
1011.3	Data, data - we need data....	KAOFS::LOCKYER	PCs & Religion - Both Just Faith, NOT Fact!	`Fri Apr 18 1997 21:07`	5
	I have distribution lists with over over 500 entries - no problems. Perhaps you could amplify on "it failed" - for example, after Exchange checked all the names, were you able to save the list, or did it save OK but fail when you tried to use it?
1011.4	Failures on "recipient lists"	THEBAY::WIEGLEB	Last day is May 2. Farewell!	`Fri Apr 18 1997 21:43`	19
	I've also had problems with Exchange recipient lists of 89 recipients. (I refer to "recipient list" rather than "distribution list" because the 89 recipients were entered into the message header directly rather than stored in a distribution list entity.) All of the recipient names were correctly verified with a "Check Names" operation, but attempts to send failed until I reduced the recipient list to a subset of about 30 names. Each send failed with a message of "Item could not be sent. The client operation failed." I am running Exchange V5.0 "Gold" client. The send attempts were made while connected via an Ethernet link, not a slow link like a dial-up. I failed to be impressed with the recipient list handling capabilities. Were the large "distribution lists" that previous Noters were talking about "recipient lists" or "distribution lists"? - Dave
1011.5	DL	KAOFS::LOCKYER	PCs & Religion - Both Just Faith, NOT Fact!	`Fri Apr 18 1997 21:56`	1
	I've done 500+ with a DISTRIBUTION LIST ...
1011.6		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Fri Apr 18 1997 23:07`	12
	\| <<< Note 1011.3 by KAOFS::LOCKYER "PCs & Religion - Both Just Faith, NOT Fact!" >>> \| Perhaps you could amplify on "it failed" - for example, after Exchange \| checked all the names, were you able to save the list, or did it save \| OK but fail when you tried to use it? It saved all the names just fine. But when using the full list is where it failed. Glen
1011.7		BUSY::SLAB	Grandchildren of the Damned	`Fri Apr 18 1997 23:11`	7
	I just sent a message to my group, using 220 "internet-style" ad- dresses [user@node.enet.dec.com]. I'll let you know if it goes through. Well, it sent OK, but we'll see if I get a delayed error.
1011.8		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Sat Apr 19 1997 00:30`	3
	How does one take a list in place now, and check it for errors?
1011.9		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Tue Apr 29 1997 03:47`	12
	Does anyone else have a problem when mailing to a distribution list where it will sit for a long time before the message is actually sent? It can take up to 2-3 minutes with a .dis list of 150. Is it the machine, do I have something turned on that I shouldn't? I'm at a loss. Thanks, Glen
1011.10		BUSY::SLAB	Be gone - you have no powers here	`Tue Apr 29 1997 04:07`	4
	There was no noticeable delay when I sent to 200+ people. What kind of machine, and what specs does it have? CPU, memory?
1011.11		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Thu May 01 1997 22:10`	13
	Memory is 32 meg so I don't think that is the issue. But whenever sending mail to a large dis list, it hangs forever.... Does it check names when it sends? And if so, is there a way to shut this option off just when sending mail, or does it have to be on all the time? It comes in handy when making dis lists. Glen
1011.12	over LAN or remote?	PARZVL::ogodhcp-125-128-214.ogo.dec.com::kennedy	nuncam non paratus	`Thu May 01 1997 22:22`	2
	How are you connected to the network? Directly, or are you dialing in?
1011.13		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.ziplink.net/~glen/decplus/	`Fri May 02 1997 00:15`	3
	Directly.