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Setting queue quotas

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Setting queue quotas

The Computer Management snap-in or the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in is used to administer queues. For more information, see Administration overview.

Queue quotas specify the cumulative limit for messages stored in a particular queue. When the message quota for a destination queue is reached, new incoming messages are discarded, and a negative acknowledgment message indicating that the destination queue is full is generated. Messages can be placed in the queue only after one or more messages are removed (read) from the queue.

Queue quotas can be set only for Message Queuing servers and independent clients. Queue quotas set on Message Queuing servers that support dependent clients apply both to the server and to all its dependent clients.

For background information on quotas, see "Quotas for messages" in Message storage.

For information on how to set a queue quota for normal messages, see Set the message storage size for queues.

For information on how to set a queue quota for journal messages, see Set the journal storage size for queues.