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Q260741: XFOR: Internet Mail Service Won’t Deliver to Others w. 552 Code

Article: Q260741
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.5 SP3
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55sp3 kbExchange550preSP4fix kbExchange550sp4Fix
Last Modified: 19-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 SP3 
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SYMPTOMS
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If a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail host responds to an Exchange
Server 5.5 Service Pack 3 Internet Mail Service with the following message:

  552 mailbox quota limit exceeded

and the original message contained multiple recipients; the 552 message that the
SMTP host returned is 'stamped' on the remaining messages in the batch and the
entire batch of outbound messages is not delivered.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack



STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 5.5 Service Pack 3. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server
5.5 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55sp3 kbExchange550preSP4fix kbExchange550sp4Fix 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbExchange550SP3
Version           : :5.5 SP3
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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