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Date:      Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:00:51 -0500
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Marcus Young" <marcus@mail01.redcentre.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Sendmail and blocking large attachments
Message-ID:  <003701c0b010$0d7d3a90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <200103190017.LAA28560@mail01.redcentre.net>

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> is it possible to block large email  messages with sendmail?

Set 'O MaxMessageSize=<size in bytes>' in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.  (It's
commented out by default.)

> What is a reasonable size?

It depends on the number of users, how much disk space you're willing to set
aside for /var/mail, and whether users store their mail on the server.

--
Matt Emmerton


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