Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:39:51 -0500 From: Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net> To: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> Cc: Michael Moran <mmoran@veronet.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: E-Mail size limitation by ISPs Message-ID: <19990318153951.A21118@intrepid.net> In-Reply-To: <874sniwo2s.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org>; from Chris Shenton on Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 03:16:27PM -0500 References: <3.0.2.32.19990317161116.008b8c60@veronet.net> <877lsfh9ev.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org> <19990318143607.C613@intrepid.net> <874sniwo2s.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org>
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On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 03:16:27PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote: > Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net> writes: > > > define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE', ``10485760'') > > We have that (some value anyway) but it limits the size of each > individual incoming message. We've got users who may not read mail for > a while then build up mailboxes greater than our 20M allowed size, and > of course they whine "your mail server's broken" when they try and POP > such a beast down to their homes. Quotas are definately the way to go with total mailbox size. Guess I misunderstood the question and though the question was about individual message sizes. In general, confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE is a good idea. Cuts down on tech support calls... --Mark -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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