Applies to: Exchange Server 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-22

In Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, you can configure message retry, resubmit, and expiration intervals in the Transport service on Mailbox servers and on Edge Transport servers. For descriptions of these settings, see Message Retry, Resubmit, and Expiration Intervals.

What do you need to know before you begin?

  • Estimated time to complete each procedure: 10 minutes

  • You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "Transport service" and "Edge Transport server" entries in the Mail Flow Permissions topic.

  • Any customized per-server settings you make in Exchange XML application configuration files, for example, web.config files on Client Access servers or the EdgeTransport.exe.config file on Mailbox servers, will be overwritten when you install an Exchange Cumulative Update (CU). Make sure that you save this information so you can easily re-configure your server after the install. You must re-configure these settings after you install an Exchange CU.

  • For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in the Exchange Admin Center.

Tip:
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What do you want to do?

Use EdgeTransport.exe.config to configure the queue glitch retry count, the queue glitch retry interval, the mailbox delivery queue retry interval, and the maximum idle time before resubmit interval.

To configure the queue glitch retry count, the queue glitch retry interval, the mailbox delivery queue retry interval, and the maximum idle time before resubmit interval you modify keys in the %ExchangeInstallPath%Bin\EdgeTransport.exe.config XML application configuration file on the Mailbox server or Edge Transport server. Changes you save to this file are applied after you restart the Microsoft Exchange Transport service. When you restart this service, mail flow on the server is temporarily interrupted.

  1. In a Command prompt window on the Mailbox server or Edge Transport server, open the EdgeTransport.exe.config file in Notepad by running the following command:

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    Notepad %ExchangeInstallPath%Bin\EdgeTransport.exe.config
  2. Locate the following keys in the <appSettings> section.

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    <add key="QueueGlitchRetryCount" value="<Integer>" />
<add key="QueueGlitchRetryInterval" value="<hh:mm:ss>" />
<add key="MailboxDeliveryQueueRetryInterval" value="<hh:mm:ss>" />
<add key="MaxIdleTimeBeforeResubmit" value="<hh:mm:ss>" />
    This example changes the queue glitch retry count to 6, the queue glitch retry interval to 30 seconds, the mailbox delivery queue retry interval to 3 minutes, and the maximum idle time before resubmit interval to 6 hours.

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    <add key="QueueGlitchRetryCount" value="6" />
<add key="QueueGlitchRetryInterval" value="00:00:30" />
<add key="MailboxDeliveryQueueRetryInterval" value="00:03:00" />
<add key="MaxIdleTimeBeforeResubmit" value="6:00:00" />
  3. When you are finished save and close the EdgeTransport.exe.config file.

  4. Restart the Microsoft Exchange Transport service by running the following command:

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    net stop MSExchangeTransport && net start MSExchangeTransport

Configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval

The transient failure retry attempts specifies the number of connection attempts that are tried after the connection attempts controlled by the QueueGlitchRetryCount and QueueGlitchRetryInterval keys have failed. The default number of transient failure retry attempts is 6. The valid input range for this parameter is from 0 through 15. If you set the number of transient failure retry attempts to 0, the next connection attempt is controlled by the outbound connection failure retry interval.

The transient failure retry interval specifies the interval between each connection attempt that's specified by the number of transient failure retry attempts. In the Transport service on a Mailbox server, the default transient failure retry interval is 5 minutes. On an Edge Transport server, the default transient failure retry interval is 10 minutes.

The outbound connection failure retry interval specifies the retry interval for outgoing connection attempts that have previously failed. The previously failed connection attempts are controlled by the transient failure retry attempts and the transient failure retry interval. The default value for the outbound connection failure retry interval on a Hub Transport server is 10 minutes. The default value on an Edge Transport server is 30 minutes.

Use the EAC to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, or the outbound connection failure retry interval

  1. In the Exchange admin center (EAC), click Servers > Servers, select the server, click Edit Edit Icon, and then click Transport limits.

  2. In the Retries section, enter a value for Outbound connection failure retry interval (seconds), the Transient failure retry interval (minutes), or the Transient failure retry attempts.

  3. When you are finished, click Save.

Use the Shell to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval

Use the following syntax to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval in the Transport service on a Mailbox server or on an Edge Transport server.

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Set-TransportService <ServerIdentity> -TransientFailureRetryCount <Integer> -TransientFailureRetryInterval <hh:mm:ss:> -OutboundConnectionFailureRetryInterval <dd.hh:mm:ss>

This example changes the following values on the Mailbox server named Mailbox01: on the Edge Transport server Exchange01.

  • The number of transient failure retry attempts is set to 8.

  • The transient failure retry interval is set to 1 minute.

  • The outbound connection failure retry interval is set to 45 minutes.

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Set-TransportService Mailbox01 -TransientFailureRetryCount 8 -TransientFailureRetryInterval 00:01:00 -OutboundConnectionFailureRetryInterval 00:45:00
Note:
The TransientFailureRetryCount and TransientFailureRetryInterval parameters are also available on the Set-FrontEndTransportService cmdlet for the Front End Transport service on Client Access servers.

Configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval

Use the EAC to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval

  1. In the Exchange Administration Center (EAC), click Servers > Servers, select the server, click Edit Edit Icon, and then click Transport limits.

  2. In the Retries section, enter a value for Outbound connection failure retry interval (seconds), the Transient failure retry interval (minutes), or the Transient failure retry attempts.

  3. When you are finished, click Save.

Use the Shell to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval

Use the following syntax to configure the transient failure retry attempts, the transient failure retry interval, and the outbound connection failure retry interval in the Transport service on a Mailbox server or on an Edge Transport server.

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Set-TransportService <ServerIdentity> -TransientFailureRetryCount <Integer> -TransientFailureRetryInterval <hh:mm:ss:> -OutboundConnectionFailureRetryInterval <dd.hh:mm:ss>

This example changes the following values on the Mailbox server named Mailbox01: on the Edge Transport server Exchange01.

  • The number of transient failure retry attempts is set to 8.

  • The transient failure retry interval is set to 1 minute.

  • The outbound connection failure retry interval is set to 45 minutes.

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Set-TransportService Mailbox01 -TransientFailureRetryCount 8 -TransientFailureRetryInterval 00:01:00 -OutboundConnectionFailureRetryInterval 00:45:00
Note:
The TransientFailureRetryCount and TransientFailureRetryInterval parameters are also available on the Set-FrontEndTransportService cmdlet for the Front End Transport service on Client Access servers.

Use the Shell to configure the message retry interval

By default, the message retry interval is 00:01:00 or 1 minute. We recommend that you don't modify the default value unless Microsoft Customer Service and Support advises you to do this.

Use the following syntax to set the message retry interval.

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Set-TransportService <ServerIdentity> -MessageRetryInterval <dd.hh:mm:ss>

This example changes the message retry interval to 2 minutes on the Mailbox server named Mailbox01.

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Set-TransportService Mailbox01 -MessageRetryInterval 00:02:00

Configure the delay DSN timeoutsettings

You can use the EAC or the Shell to configure the delay DSN notification timeout interval. This setting is applied to the local transport server only. You can only use the Shell to enable or disable the sending of delay DSN messages to internal and external senders. These setting are applied to all transport servers in your organization.

Note:
On Exchange 2007 Hub Transport servers, all ExternalDSN* and InternalDSN* parameters are available on the Set-TransportServer cmdlet, not the Set-TransportConfig cmdlet. If you have any Exchange 2007 Hub Transport servers in your organization, you need to make changes to these values using the Set-TransportServer cmdlet on each Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server.

Use the EAC to configure the delay DSN message notification timeout interval

  1. In the Exchange Administration Center (EAC), click Servers > Servers, select the server, click Edit Edit Icon, and then click Transport limits.

  2. In the Notifications section, enter a value for Notify sender when message is delayed after (hours),

  3. When you are finished, click Save.

Use the Shell to configure the delay DSN message notification timeout interval

Use the following syntax to set the message retry interval.

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Set-TransportService <ServerIdentity> -DelayNotificationTimeout <dd.hh:mm:ss>

This example changes the delay DSN message notification timeout interval to 6 hours on the Mailbox server named Mailbox01.

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Set-TransportService Mailbox01 -DelayNotificationTimeout 06:00:00

Use the Shell to enable or disable the sending of delay DSN notifications to external or external message senders

Use the following syntax to configure the delay DSN notification settings.

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Set-TransportConfig -ExternalDelayDSNEnabled <$true | $false> -InternalDelayDSNEnabled <$true |$false>

This example prevents the sending of delay DSN notification messages to external senders.

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Set-TransportConfig -ExternalDelayDSNEnabled $false

This example prevents the sending of delay DSN notification messages to internal senders.

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Set-TransportConfig -InternalDelayDSNEnabled $false

Configure the message expiration timeout interval

Use the EAC to configure the message expiration timeout interval

  1. In the EAC, click Servers > Servers, select the server, click Edit Edit Icon, and then click Transport limits.

  2. In the Message expiration section, enter a value for Maximum time since submission (days).

  3. When you are finished, click Save.

Use the Shell to configure the message expiration timeout interval

To configure the message expiration timeout interval, use the following syntax.

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Set-TransportService <ServerIdentity> -MessageExpirationTimeout <dd.hh:mm:ss>

This example changes the message expiration timeout interval to 4 days on the Exchange server named Mailbox01.

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Set-TransportService Mailbox01 -MessageExpirationTimeout 4.00:00:00