Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspxUpdate 2/26/2013: In response to your feedback, we have also raised the limit for Office 365 for Education plans (A2, A3, A4) to 10,000 recipients per day. In response to feedback from our customers, we have increased the recipient rate limit withinen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3544727Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:34:13 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3544727MW<p>Was this effective from the date of your post and automatic? &nbsp;THANK YOU for making this adjustment!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3544727" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3544487Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:22:24 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3544487JeanJean<p>From a technical point of view, with a kind of tools can you apply this sort of limit ?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3544487" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3544486Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:22:22 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3544486Mike Merker<p>Steve - so if I have a GAL distribution list with 40,000 users on it (a real situation as we are a community college), I can still send to that list successfully, even if the addresses are outside my Exchange organization? &nbsp;Couldn&#39;t a spammer simply upload a list to a GAL and spam away to their heart&#39;s content? &nbsp;Or, did I misunderstand the information in your post?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3544486" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3543935Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:11:33 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543935stchew<p>WhyNot?: The highest risk of spam generation currently comes from Academic users. &nbsp;We definitely undestand the need for our Academic customers to have higher receipient limits, and we&#39;ll continue to investigate a solution that allows us to maintain the same level of protection.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543935" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3543907Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:40:58 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543907Tim Beske<p>Does this apply to Office 365 for Education Plans?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543907" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3543742Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:09:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543742WhyNot?<p>Any reason why not? &nbsp; Schools and districts need to send email to thousands of parents. &nbsp;Trying to manage these parents in groups, is not feasible for large districts. &nbsp;</p> <p>My district alone services approximately 40,000 students. &nbsp;Some of these students have divorced parents where we must send email to both.</p> <p>In the wake of recent events, there is an ever-increasing need to be able to communicate with Parents. &nbsp;1500 is very limiting. &nbsp;I hope Microsoft will take another look at this.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543742" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3543677Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:52:29 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543677stchew<p>Hi Mike - No, the new recipient rate limit does not apply to &quot;A&quot; plans.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543677" width="1" height="1">re: Recipient Rate Limit Increase to 10K for Office 365 and Exchange Onlinehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/26/recipient-rate-limit-increase-to-10k-for-office-365-and-exchange-online.aspx#3543623Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:29:40 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543623Mike Merker<p>Do education customers on &quot;A&quot; plans qualify for the new recipient limit as well?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543623" width="1" height="1">