Knowledge BaseAttachments limit in Outlook 2011 for Mac, attachments do no go through
W P Staff asked 6 years ago

Every time i try to send an attachment over 20 Mb, Outlook 2011 for mac gives me the following message: the message size exceeds the maximum limit set on the server.

Where do i change these limits?

1 Answers
W P Staff answered 6 years ago

You can increase message limits for individual protocols, see bellow:
Create Message Size Limits (50 MB
OWA Attachment Sizes: (Note: This must be completed on every CAS server)
Use Notepad to change the maxRequestLength value
1. Find the Outlook Web App Web.config file on the Client Access server. The default location is \Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa.
2. Make a backup copy of the web.config file.
3. Open the original file using an editor such as Notepad. Don’t use Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to edit the Web.config file.
4. Find maxRequestLength and change it to the value that you want. The value is stored in kilobytes (KB). The default value is 35000. The following example shows the maxRequestLength value in the Web.config file.

Note: This is 50 MB (1024 X 50)
5. Save and close the file.
EWS Attachment Sizes: (Note: This must be completed on every CAS server)
1. Find the EWS Web.config file on the Client Access server. The default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\exchweb\ews
2. Make a backup copy of the web.config file.
3. Open the original file using an editor such as Notepad. Don’t use Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to edit the Web.config file.
4. Find maxRequestLength and change it to the value that you want. The value is stored in kilobytes (KB). The default value is 35000. The following example shows the maxRequestLength value in the Web.config file.

Note: This is 50 MB (1024 X 50)
5. Save and close the file.
Restart IIS.
ActiveSync Attachment Sizes: (Note: This must be completed on every CAS server)
1. Find the EWS Web.config file on the Client Access server. The default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Sync
2. Make a backup copy of the web.config file.
3. Open the original file using an editor such as Notepad. Don’t use Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to edit the Web.config file.
4. Find maxRequestLength and change it to the value that you want. The value is stored in kilobytes (KB). The default value is 35000. The following example shows the maxRequestLength value in the Web.config file.

Note: This is 50 MB (1024 X 50)
5. Save and close the file.
Restart IIS.
Set IIS 7 settings
Open a command prompt and go to the follow directory: cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv
Type each of these commands separately and hit enter.
appcmd set config “Default Web Site/ews” -section:requestFiltering -requestLimits.maxAllowedContentLength:51200000
appcmd set config “Default Web Site/owa” -section:requestFiltering -requestLimits.maxAllowedContentLength:51200000
appcmd set config “Default Web Site/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync” -section:requestFiltering -requestLimits.maxAllowedContentLength:51200000
4. IISreset or reboot to apply these changes.