Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit

-->

Original KB number: 3146087

2016

Nov 03, 2017 A client is using Outlook for Mac version 15. There is an existing POP account, and I have created an IMAP account with the intent of moving the mail data to the server and removing the POP account. Most of the data has moved to the server, and these messages have begun popping up: 'The total attachment size exceeds the limit. May 19, 2019 If you are using an Exchange Server account, the 20-MB attachment limit for Internet email accounts is not used by Outlook. Instead, Outlook uses the limit that is configured on your Exchange server. To modify the setting that is used to control the size of a message that is sent through an Exchange Server account, follow these steps. 250 attachments: File attachment size limit - Outlook: 35 MB 4: 150 MB: 150 MB: 150 MB: File attachment size limit - OWA: 35 MB 4: 112 MB 3: 112 MB 3: 112 MB 3: File attachment size limit - Outlook for Mac: 35 MB 4: 150 MB: 150 MB: 35 MB: File attachment size limit - Outlook for iOS and Android: 25 MB: 33 MB: 33 MB: 33 MB: Multipart message.

Symptoms

You use Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook for Mac 2011 to connect to a mailbox on a Microsoft Exchange server. When you send an email message that contains a large attachment, you receive the following error messages in Outlook for Mac.

Or, you receive a non-delivery report (NDR) in your Inbox like this one:

The message contains diagnostic information for administrators, such as the following:

Attachment

Os x 10.9 mavericks dmg. Remove Server returned '500 5.2.11 RESOLVER.RST.SendSizeLimit.Sender; message too large for this sender'

Cause

This issue occurs when you send an email message that's larger than the Exchange Web Services (EWS) message size limit that's configured on the Exchange server.

Resolution

Outlook 365 attachment size limit

Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit Chart

You can increase the message size limit on the Exchange server to allow for larger email messages to be sent from Outlook for Mac clients and other EWS clients. For more information, see the following TechNet articles as appropriate for your version of Exchange Server.

Exchange Server 2016 and 2013: Configure client-specific message size limits

Exchange Server 2010: Set message size limits for Exchange Web Services

More information

For more information about this issue, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit

Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit Office 365

Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit

Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit File

3107326 You can't send large attachments by using the EWS client