G Suite Restrictions Set by Google for Seamless Service
Limits are set by Google in order to protect Google servers and provide uninterrupted service.
G Suite Restrictions
To keep the system healthy and secure Google has set some restriction on emails. The restrictions imposed by Google is helping in maintaining better server performance and giving users 99.9% guaranteed uptime on their mailing solution.
Below are the limits set by Google.
Sending Limit
if your users exceed an email sending limit, the user will see an error message, such as:
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You have reached a limit for sending an email.
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You reached a Gmail sending limit.
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You exceeded the maximum recipients.
After reaching the limits, a user can not send new mail for up to 24 hours. However, the user can still login to G Suite account and receive incoming email. After Suspension period, sending limits will be automatically reset and the user can resume sending mail.
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Limit type |
Limit |
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Mail sending per day |
2,000 (500 for trial accounts) |
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Messages auto-forwarded |
10,000 |
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Auto-forward, Account filters that automatically forward mail |
20 |
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Recipients per message including all fields(To, Cc & Bcc) of a single email |
2,000 (500 external) |
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Recipients per message sent through SMTP (by POP or IMAP users) or the Gmail API Addresses in the including all fields(To, Cc & Bcc) of a single email. Includes email sent using smtp-relay.gmail.com or smtp.gmail.com |
100 |
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Total recipients per day email count each time a message is sent |
10,000 |
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External email recipients per day |
3,000 |
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Unique recipients per day Each email address (each unique recipient) counts only one time per day:
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3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts) |
Bandwidth Limit On POP/IMAP & WEB
G suite has some data downloading limit using POP & IMAP protocols in order to maintain the server health. Google has set the bandwidth limit on both protocols.
Bandwidth limits:
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Limit |
Per Hour |
Per Day |
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Downloading with web client |
750MB |
1250MB |
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Upload with web client includes emails sent through Gmail SMTP |
300MB |
750MB |
POP and IMAP bandwidth limits:
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Limit |
Per day |
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Download with IMAP |
2500 MB |
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Download with POP |
1250 MB |
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Upload with IMAP |
500 MB |
If you reach this limit you will not receive any mail in your mail client. However, you can send the mail. This limit will reset after 24 hours automatically or you can reset the affected ID from admin panel.
Email receiving limits
Google limits the number of emails, users can receive per minute, Per hour, and Per day. If an account reaches the limit, a user will not be able to receive any new email and may experience general account problems, like slow searching. All incoming mails bounce back to the sender.
Receiving limits:
Email size limit: User can receive emails of up to 50MB.
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Per Minutes |
Per Hours |
Per Day |
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60 |
3600 |
86400 |
Note: User cannot send file attachments larger than 25MB. To send more than 25MB file use Google Drive. If your file size is more than 25 MB, Gmail automatically adds a Google Drive link in the email instead of including it as an attachment.
If the user reaches this limit, mail receiving will be suspended by Google and this suspension will be up to 24 Hours after which ID will be reset and receiving will be resumed. After an account reset, the user cannot recover the emails which have been sent during the suspension period.
Sync Limit
G Suite have set some limits on the amount of bandwidth for syncing accounts. See the Bandwidth limits.
Limits are set up. If you are using any of these clients:
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Android Gmail app
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Google Sync clients (using the Microsoft Exchange)
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G Suite Sync for Microsoft Outlook clients
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Gmail Offline app for Google Chrome
The actions of clients and services using IMAP, have the bandwidth limit. See the Bandwidth limits.
Storage Limit
Each G Suite user will get 30 GB storage for free. This storage is divided between Google Photos, Gmail & Google Drive. If you are reaching the limit or if your storage is full, users can purchase additional storage or delete some data.
A user will get unlimited storage with G Suite Enterprise, Business, or Education edition. If the user has 5 or more users license or 1 TB of storage for 4 or less, Drive Enterprise edition also does not have storage quotas but is charged based on storage used.
Note: If your storage is full, mail sending and receiving will be stopped until the storage is updated.
Group Limit
There is no limit, However, a user can be the owner of at most 1,000 groups. If a group is created by any user, then ownership will get assigned on his/her ID automatically. However, users can change or revoke their ownership at any time, so it's possible for a user to create any number of groups.
In G Suite editions there is no specific limit on group members. However, there is some limit set on group mail sending/receiving.
Message Limit
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Type |
Description |
Limit |
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Total recipients per group |
Number of recipients a single group can send mail to |
6,200,000 per hour |
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Total external recipients per group |
A single group can send to Number of external recipients |
50,000 per day |
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Total external recipients per domain |
All groups in your domain can send to Number of external recipients |
100,000 per day |
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Total inbound emails per group |
Number of emails a group can accept |
300 per 5 minutes |
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Total message size |
Total gigabytes (GB) a single group can send |
2.4 GB per hour |
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Total Number of messages per sender to any one specific group |
Number of emails anyone sender can send to anyone specific group |
1,800 per hour |
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Total Number of messages per internal sender, for all groups in your domain |
Number of emails from a single internal sender to all groups within your domain |
18,000 per hour |
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Total Number of messages per external sender, for all groups in your domain |
Number of email from a single external sender to all groups within your domain |
1,800 per hour |
* External recipients are recipients that are outside of your G Suite account.
** Limit is calculated as an approximate total, for all groups in a single domain.
Group Member and Size
Group invitation and size limits only apply to a group member who is joining using the web interface or action were taken on the web interface. Admin of domain can add more members to a group using the Google Admin Console. (recipient limit apply on group member)
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Type |
Description |
Limit |
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Joins per day |
A single user can join the maximum number of groups in a day |
30 per day |
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Creations per week |
A single user can create the maximum number of groups in a week |
5 per week |
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External member additions at one time |
Using the web interface, the maximum number of external members that can be added at one time |
10 per session |
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External member additions per day, per group |
The number of external members can be added to a single group in a day |
100 per day, per group |
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External member invitations per day, per group |
The number of external members can be invited to a single group in a day |
500 per day, per group |
* External recipients - The recipients that are outside of your domain.
Note: These limits are lower for G Suite trial user.
Membership Limit
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Type |
Description |
Limit |
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Direct membership |
A single user can be a direct member of a group Note: This limitation also applies to Groups. i.e, single Group can be a direct member of 2,000 Groups. |
2,000 |
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Combined direct and indirect membership |
A single user can be a direct or indirect member of a group Note: This limitation also applies to Groups. i.e, single Group can be a direct or indirect member of 5,000 Groups. |
5,000 |
***Most important is Google can reset the value of these limits without notice to protect its infrastructure and server.
