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MasPAN74
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Aug 18, 2025
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Exchange 2016 Maximum number of recipients in a message that's sent by the specific sender

  Hello,   I want to know if the RecipientLimits value on a mailbox can override the MaxRecipientEnvelopeLimit.   For example, if I set the MaxRecipientEnvelopeLimit to 50 to limit all organizat...
  • Russean's avatar
    Aug 19, 2025

    In Exchange 2016, the RecipientLimits property on a mailbox takes precedence over the organization-wide MaxRecipientEnvelopeLimit. That means if you set the global MaxRecipientEnvelopeLimit to 50 but configure a specific mailbox (e.g., user10@mylab.local
    ) with RecipientLimits set to Unlimited, that mailbox can bypass the organizational limit. In your example, user10 would indeed be able to send a message to 100 recipients, since the mailbox-specific RecipientLimits overrides the global setting.

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