RE: OT: Exchange 2000 message size overhead

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ISAserver.org Discussion List]'" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:11:27 -0700

That is correct.

Depending on which encoding is used, it could add that much.

John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
Engineer/Consultant
eServices For You
www.eservicesforyou.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quillman Shawn (RBNA/CIT1.1) * [mailto:Shawn.Quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:02 PM
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> Subject: [isalist] OT: Exchange 2000 message size overhead
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> Can someone in the E2K world maybe help me verify this?
> 
> "In Exchange 2000, add 33% overhead on each mail message.  This is the
> amount that the header takes up and the MIME conversation of Exchange
steps
> in."
> 
> Thus a 3.5ish MB attachment generates a 5ish MB message after mime and
> header wrapping?  This seems ridiculously high to me.
> 
> -Shawn
> 
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