Message Exceeds Maximum Size

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<JDOE@RESPONSE.ETRACKS.COM>
(reason: 552 5.2.3 <JDOE@YOURDOMAIN.COM>... Message size exceeds fixed
maximum message size (80000))

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to response.etracks.com.:
>>> MAIL From:<JDOE@YOURDOMAIN.COM> SIZE=222751
<<< 552 5.2.3 <JDOE@YOURDOMAIN.COM>... Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size (80000)
554 5.0.0 <JDOE@RESPONSE.ETRACKS.COM>... Service unavailable

On many systems the mail server is configured to reject large messages. In the past this was usually done to conserve disk space on the mail server. These days, with an increasing number of maturity-challenged Internet users thinking it is "kewl" to clog up other people's mailboxes with huge junk file attachments, it is often used to prevent users' mailboxes from overflowing their quotas due to stupid childish pranks.

The number in parentheses (80000 in this example) is not always present, but if it is it shows the per-message size limit imposed by the remote mail system, expressed in bytes.

What you should do:

The only solution is to shorten the message and try again. In many cases this means deleting the multi-megabyte file attachment you're trying to send to someone who probably doesn't want it anyway. If the attachment is actually important, see if you can break it down into several smaller attachments which can be sent separately, or try using a large file sharing service such as YouSendIt.

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