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    From None@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 24 10:15:18 2023
    What would be the simplest way to limit a message size send to an email address. I was hoping to find something in the access map that would
    allow something like a max size of 10MB.

    Maybe interesting for others to know
    I have an exchange server and when you define a maximum message size of
    eg 10MB, and have configured an extra pop account that retrieves email
    and stores this in exchange. All messages >10MB will just disappear.
    Exchange is not rejecting it, it is just accepting the message and then
    deletes it without notification. (Obviously when you report such weird
    handling at M$, you get that this is by design)

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  • From Claus =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=DFmann?= @21:1/5 to None on Mon Jul 24 04:27:10 2023
    None wrote:
    What would be the simplest way to limit a message size send to an email address. I was hoping to find something in the access map that would
    allow something like a max size of 10MB.

    Did you take a look at the fine documentation?

    4.14. Maximum Message Size

    To avoid overflowing your system with a large
    message, the MaxMessageSize option can be set to set
    an absolute limit on the size of any one message.

    Note: this is enforced on the "incoming" side -- which should work
    ok as mail must be submitted to your server before it is send "out".

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  • From None@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 24 10:55:34 2023
    4.14. Maximum Message Size

    To avoid overflowing your system with a large
    message, the MaxMessageSize option can be set to set
    an absolute limit on the size of any one message.


    Yes I have this, for other 'linux' accounts, would like to keep this. define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE',`52428800')dnl

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