Problem Exchange 2000 SMTP bandwidth

Hello!
I have a little problem with an Exchange 2000 Server.
The Server is connected via a 748/128 DSL-Line to the=20
internet. Some users usually send mail to up to 5000=20
recipients. Now when they do that, the Internet can not be=20
used anymore, because Exchange takes the whole Upstream=20
bandwidth for sending the mails..
Can I somehow limit the bandwidth for exchanges=B4 SMTP?

Thanks a lot,

Michael Eberhardt

Justin
Mon Nov 03 15:37:58 CST 2003

Michael,

You can limit the number of outbound SMTP connections Exchange will make
simultaneously.
To do this:
1. Open Exchange System Manager.
2. Expand Servers>Servername>Protocols>SMTP
3. Right-click on your SMTP virtual server and choose properties.
4. On the Delivery tab click the Outbound Connections button.
5. Here you can control the number of outbound connections that Exchange
makes. Lower this value to ~ 3.
You can experiment with different values to match your bandwidth
requirements.
6. Once you have save your changes be sure to restart the SMTP service.

--
Justin Crosby
Microsoft SBS Product Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Michael Eberhardt" <m.eberhardt@je-office.de> wrote in message
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Hello!
I have a little problem with an Exchange 2000 Server.
The Server is connected via a 748/128 DSL-Line to the
internet. Some users usually send mail to up to 5000
recipients. Now when they do that, the Internet can not be
used anymore, because Exchange takes the whole Upstream
bandwidth for sending the mails..
Can I somehow limit the bandwidth for exchanges´ SMTP?

Thanks a lot,

Michael Eberhardt

Craig
Mon Nov 03 16:02:13 CST 2003

Hi Michael,

Apart from these suggestion (which will work well). Have you considered
using a smarthost? If you set this up 1 copy of the e-mail will get sent to
smarthost and will be forwarded from there.

Craig
"Justin Crosby [MSFT]" <jcrosby@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Michael,
>
> You can limit the number of outbound SMTP connections Exchange will make
> simultaneously.
> To do this:
> 1. Open Exchange System Manager.
> 2. Expand Servers>Servername>Protocols>SMTP
> 3. Right-click on your SMTP virtual server and choose properties.
> 4. On the Delivery tab click the Outbound Connections button.
> 5. Here you can control the number of outbound connections that Exchange
> makes. Lower this value to ~ 3.
> You can experiment with different values to match your bandwidth
> requirements.
> 6. Once you have save your changes be sure to restart the SMTP service.
>
> --
> Justin Crosby
> Microsoft SBS Product Support
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> "Michael Eberhardt" <m.eberhardt@je-office.de> wrote in message
> news:08e801c3a1de$e8f5a450$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello!
> I have a little problem with an Exchange 2000 Server.
> The Server is connected via a 748/128 DSL-Line to the
> internet. Some users usually send mail to up to 5000
> recipients. Now when they do that, the Internet can not be
> used anymore, because Exchange takes the whole Upstream
> bandwidth for sending the mails..
> Can I somehow limit the bandwidth for exchanges´ SMTP?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Michael Eberhardt
>
>