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Subject:    Re: [EXIM] Max message size.
From:       Sean Witham <Sean.Witham () asa ! co ! uk>
Date:       1998-03-31 16:42:58
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On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Daniel Ryde wrote:
> 
> > I have a wish to change the max message size depending on which domian or 
> > maby even down to which emailaddress it was sent to. Is it possible?
> 
> That is, in some sense, impossible, because in the SMTP dialogue (when 
> ESMTP is in use) the maximum size has to be told to the remote end 
> before the recipients are received. It doesn't seem right to implement 
> something which changes its mind. Besides, a message can be sent to many 
> recipients in different domains.
> 

It may not seem ethical but a rcpt may get accepted when the number of
blocks or inodes in the file system is enough only to fine that the
values fall below the configured option before the data command is
issued to transfer the body of the message. What happens then ?


--Sean


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