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Set mail attachment size limit?

Discussion in 'E-mail Discussions' started by Ed123, Mar 3, 2003.

  1. Ed123

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    Is there a way to apply an attachment size limit to exim/smtp for 1.) outgoing mail in general, and 2.) mail sent to (cPanel-defined list) list recipients.

    Problem: A customer of mine sent an e-mail w/ a 42MB (!!!) attachment to a list of 11 recipients (all recipient mailboxes on the same server), which sent qrunner into a tizzy. We finally got that straightened out and advised the customer. Later, someone else there sent 11 individual messages containing the same attachment to the same recipients.

    Would like to have a situation where the server just says "no" to large attachments anyone attempts to send.

    Thanks for any help.
     
    #1 Ed123, Mar 3, 2003
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    Anyone have a answer for this?
     
    #2 compunet2, Mar 29, 2003
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    don't know if you giys solved the problem or not, but here's the solution:

    change message_size_limit in /etc/exim.conf , so to to put a limit of 500KB you should mention 500K in the exim.conf

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    #3 pats, Jun 9, 2003
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    Thanks for the tip :)

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    #4 WebHostPro, Jun 9, 2003
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    Under which section should I put "message_size_limit=?M" in exim.conf? Can I put it under ACL?

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    #5 Doctor, Oct 12, 2003
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    There is no message_size_limit in exim.conf
     
    #6 NNNils, Jun 3, 2004
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    Yup, that's right. By default there is no size limit (beyond the users email account size).
     
    #7 chirpy, Jun 3, 2004
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    Do you think it is good to set a message limit? Please write - do you have one and how big it is?
     
    #8 netlook, Jun 3, 2004
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    For me, I think it is good to have control over this as it affects server load when large messages are being sent out. I would advise setting it to 5MB.
     
    #9 Doctor, Jun 4, 2004
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    For us running /scripts/fixquotas did fix the problem.
     
    #10 NNNils, Jun 4, 2004
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    Size Limit

    I seriously hope you don't have any customers affected. I would think 50MB is a more reasonable limit.

     
    #11 tAzMaNiAc, Jun 4, 2004
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    Re: Size Limit

    True. With todays digital imaging and high speed popularity, 5MB is quite a restriction.
     
    #12 PWSowner, Jun 4, 2004
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    Under which heading in exim.conf is message_size_limit? Do we need to add it manually?
     
    #13 goodmove, Jun 4, 2004
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