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XADM: Public Folder Size Displayed Incorrectly If Larger Than 4.3 Gigabytes


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This article was previously published under Q261891

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Symptoms

Public Folders that contain more than 4.3 gigabytes (GB) of content may report a value of zero in the Exchange Server Administrator program under Public Folder Resources.

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Cause

This problem can occur because the data is calculated in the information store as a MAPI property called PR_MESSAGE_SIZE. This variable is defined as an unsigned long variable, which only holds 4.3 GB of content.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, upgrade to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. In Exchange 2000, the PR_MESSAGE_SIZE variable has been changed to PR_MESSAGE_SIZE_EXTENDED, which is an 8-byte integer that holds as much as 16 terabytes of content.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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More information

The PR_MESSAGE_SIZE variable cannot be changed because the change can potentially destabilize the information store.

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Keywords: KB261891, kbnofix, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 261891
Revision : 5
Created on : 10/27/2006
Published on : 10/27/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 277