MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Fri Aug 8 18:51:38 CDT 2003
Saw this number on Sue Moshers site www.slipstick.com but the limitation is not in Outlook per se but in SMTP or mail server as BCC in object model is just a text string. Have look through here for ISP limitations and how they work or how to evade usually through a single mail chugger or multiple distribution lists. http://www.outlookpower.com/issues/issue200209/list001.html http://www.marketingforidiots.com/outlook_mail_blaster.htm http://www.mindlikewater.com/marketing/outlook_newsletters.html Using Distribution Lists with MS - Exchange 5 . If you use the very basic information for contacts (for example, only the name and the e-mail address), your DL limit may be 125 to 130 contacts. On average, the number of contacts that you can add to a DL is limited between 50 and 70 contacts, but for some user who have contacts that contain a large amount of data, the DL limit can only be as little as 25 contacts. The DL limit is also based on the property size limit of the Microsoft Exchange server. The property size limit for an Exchange server is about 8 kilobytes (KB). The adminstrative default for MS Exchange is 5000 recipient addresses but most admins turn this down to below 100. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=238569 Mailing header standards RFC 2822 doesn't mention any limit on the size of a header line after unfolding. RFC 2821 specifys the following - 100 Recipients - 998 characters for a single field So it depends on the standards used by your mail server Stephen Bond wrote: >Thanks Marty. Can you point me to where this is documented, I did look! > >MTIA > >Stephen Bond > > >-----Original Message----- >From: MartyConnelly [mailto:martyconnelly at shaw.ca] >Sent: Friday, 8 August 2003 4:51 p.m. >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT - Outlook and Access > > >The size limit is 32 K characters, maybe higher in Outlook 2002, but >your ISP may limit you to less than 500 addresses. Some ISP's get real >intense if you send more than 10 emails a minute. >So check with ISP beforehand. Also 1 bad address may blow you up so may >want to use something like reg exp to check address sytanx or use >Outlook Distribution list to precheck. > >Stephen Bond wrote: > > > >>In Access, I am programmatically building a string of email addresses >>which I load into a new Outlook mail item (using Automation). I want >>to know if there is any limit to the bcc field, either >>actual e-mail addresses or character count. >> >>Stephen Bond >>Otatara, South Island, New Zealand >>_______________________________________________ >>AccessD mailing list >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >