Error:552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

Question

I am using JavaMail for sending an e-mail Correspondence in an application.

Sending an e-mail Correspondence by adding multiple files as attachemnts (10-12 Files) all file size is between 4-5MB.

Result:e-mail correspondence is getting failed.

Error Logs :

<param1 - com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed maximum message size

    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.issueSendCommand(SMTPTransport.java:1388)
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.finishData(SMTPTransport.java:1215)
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:586)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:189)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:119)
    at com.framework.services.mail.Mailer.send(Mailer.java:237)
    at com.framework.services.mail.Mailer.sendMail(Mailer.java:412)
    at com.framework.services.mail.MailServiceImpl.sendMail(MailServiceImpl.java:50)
    at com.agx.util.ost.EmailUtil.sendEmail(EmailUtil.java:211)
    at com.agx.scheduler.CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.sendCorrespondence(CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.java:4612)
    at com.agx.scheduler.CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.startCorrespondenceScheduler(CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.java:236)
    at com.agx.scheduler.CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.execute(CorrespondenceSchedulerJob.java:224)
    at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:213)
    at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:557)
> 

What is the cause of above error?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Your server is telling you that your message is too big. Change the configuration of your server to allow larger messages, or send smaller messages.