The file reached the maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be meaningfully crawled.

Problem:

This is the error you find in the Microsoft Search Server logs when the size of the file being uploaded is greater than 50 MB. This is because the default size is 50 MB for crawling. Hence when the size of the file being uploaded exceeds the allowable limit then the crawler will not be able to crawl the file and throws this error. In this article, we will see how to fix this issue.

The error log screen is shown below:

Solution:

To allow the files that is larger in size and to be crawled and fully indexed we have to add the MaxDownloadSize dword value to the 50 MB or more.

Go to Run -> Type regedit  -> Navigate to the following path and change the value.

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Global\Gathering Manager"

Change the following value "MaxDownloadSize"=dword:00000032

 Note: Hexadecimal 32 = Decimal 50.

Try restarting the index server and now initiate a full crawl then the files of large size will be shown in the Search Results.

Referred Links:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointsearch/thread/170bb0a3-1367-46d8-a4d9-36fca2457f69

This helped in fixing this issue and the search is showing the results as expected.

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What is SharePoint?

Let us also start the Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Dot Net tutorials in this blog which will help us in attending the interviews.

• In simple words, it is Business Collaboration Software developed by Microsoft.
• It is a Web based application allows the people in an organization to collaborate or work together more efficiently.
• In an organization the information (Documents, files, information, etc.) may be scattered and by using the SharePoint we can easily collaborate and work with the others data easily – Information Centrally stored. Hence the time is less which increases efficiency.

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Install and Configure E Mail Server in Windows Server 2003

In this article, we will see how to Install, Configure and use the Mail Server in Windows Server 2003.

Steps for Installing Mail Server:

1. You can install the Email Server by using Add or Remove Windows Components or Manage Your Server. Go to start Manage Your Server by clicking Start-> Programs->Administrative Tools->Manage Your Server.

2. This will open the Configure Your Server Wizard as shown below

Read the instructions properly and check all the steps in the pop up window are completed in the server.

3. Now Click Next button. The wizard will now check the network settings. Now Click on add the Mail Server (POP3, SMTP) from the list of options available. 

4. Click on Next and you will now specify the type of authentication and type the email domain name. In this tutorial we will use Windows Authentication, and I have used testdomain.com

 5. Now Click on Next. First it will ask for the confirmation for the selected roles and then installation will start, and will also start the Windows Components Wizard as shown below

When you get prompted to insert your Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, insert the Win Server 2003 CD in order to complete the installation.

After inserting the CD or locating the I386 Files in a folder, the configuration wizard will complete the installation as shown below:

We have now successfully installed the mail server.

Steps for Configuring Mail Server:

We have installed the Mail Server and next are configuring the mail server for sending mails which includes creating mail boxes in the mail server.

1. Click Start -> Run and type p3server.msc. This will open up the POP3 Service.

2. Here we will configure the mails server. Now Click on ComputerName in the left pane and Click on Server Properties in the right pane as shown below:

Here you can configure the properties of the Mail Server.

3. While Installing the mail server, we have created the domain (here testdomain.com). If you need to create a new domain, then you can click on New Domain in the Right Pane and create it.

4. Click on the created domain (testdomain.com) in the left pane and Click Add Mailbox in the right pane.

Give the Mailbox Name and password to create a new mail box.

Click On OK, so that the mail box is created.

5. In the mailbox list, you can see the newly created mailbox listed in it.

In the same way any number of users and mailbox can be added.

Hope this helps you!

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The file reached the maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be meaningfully crawled

Scenario:

When the users are trying to upload large size files in the portal, they are getting the following error and they are unable to upload large size files to the SharePoint site.

 The file reached the maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be meaningfully crawled

Also, the Search results are not showing some of the files in the search results.

Solution:

I read an interesting post which helps in fixing this issue. Below is the link.

http://www.imason.com/imason_Blogs/b/suleman_ibrahim/archive/2009/05/25/uploading-and-indexing-large-files-in-a-moss-site.aspx

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The filtering process could not be initialized. Verify that the file extension is a known type and is correct

This is one of the common issues in the Microsoft Search Server 2008. In the Search Server logs in the Search Server Administration, the following errors are logged:

The filtering process could not be initialized. Verify that the file extension is a known type and is correct

Also the search is not showing the results of some office documents which are having embedded links in it.

Solution:

Installing the Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs will fix this problem. This package will add the DLL’s to the machine.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062

Usage of this Package:

IFilters are components that allow search services to index content of specific file types, letting you search for content in those files. They are intended for use with Microsoft Search Services (SharePoint, SQL, Exchange, and Windows Search).

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