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<li> Message limits</li>
<li>Mailbox limits</li>
<li>Recipient and sender limits</li>
<li>Retention limits</li>
<li>Distribution group limits</li>
<li>Transport rule limits</li>
<li>Moderation limits</li>
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<p>Updated 5/16/12</p>
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<p>These limits are applied to every e-mail message.</p>
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<p><strong>Message size limit</strong> The maximum total size of an e-mail message. The total size includes the message header, the message body, and any file attachments.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong> An e-mail client may limit the size of an individual file attachment to a value much less than the message size limit. For example, in Outlook Web App, the maximum individual file attachment size is 10 MB.</p>
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<p>25 MB</p>
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<p><strong>File attachments limit</strong> The maximum number of file attachments allowed in an e-mail message. Even if the total size of all the file attachments doesn't violate the message size limit, there is still a limit on how many attachments are allowed in the message.</p>
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<p>125 attachments</p>
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<p><strong>Subject length limit</strong> The maximum number of text characters allowed in the subject line of an e-mail message.</p>
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<p>255 characters</p>
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<p><strong>Multipart message limit</strong> The maximum number of message body parts that are allowed in a MIME multipart message.</p>
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<p>250 parts</p>
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<p><strong>Embedded message depth limit</strong> The maximum number of forwarded e-mail messages that are allowed in an e-mail message.</p>
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<p>30 embedded messages</p>
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<p>These limits are applied to messages, senders, or recipients to combat spam and mass-mailing worms or viruses.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong> For distribution groups stored in the shared address book, the group is counted as one recipient. For distribution groups stored in the Contacts folder of a mailbox, the members of the group are counted individually.</p>
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<p><strong>Recipient limit</strong> The maximum number of message recipients allowed in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields.</p>
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<p>500 recipients</p>
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<p><strong>Message rate limit</strong> The maximum number of e-mail messages that can be sent from a single e-mail client per minute. The client is identified by the user account.</p>
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<p>30 messages per minute</p>
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<p><strong>Recipient rate limit</strong> The maximum number of recipients that can receive e-mail messages sent from a single cloud-based mailbox in a 24 hour period. After the limit has been reached, messages can’t be sent from the mailbox until the number of recipients that were sent messages in the past 24 hours drops below the limit. The recipient rate limit applies to messages sent to recipients inside and outside your organization. For more information, see <a href="http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/ff381292.aspx">Bulk E-Mail and Daily Recipient Rate Limits</a>.</p>
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<p>1,500 recipients per day</p>
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<p>These limits control the amount of time that items in specific folders in the Inbox are accessible.</p>
<p>You can change these values by modifying the corresponding retention policy tags. For more information, see <a href="http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/gg271153.aspx">Set Up and Manage Retention Policies in Exchange Online</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Deleted Items folder retention period</strong> The maximum number of days that items can remain in the Deleted Items folder before they are automatically removed.</p>
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<p>30 days</p>
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<p><strong>Retention period for items removed from the Deleted Items folder </strong>The maximum numbers of days that items removed from the Deleted Items folder are retained before they are permanently deleted.</p>
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<p>14 days</p>
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<p><strong>Junk E-mail folder retention period</strong> The maximum number of days that items can remain in the Junk E-mail folder before they are automatically removed.</p>
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