topic Re: Sendmail and message size limit in Operating System - Linux

Sendmail and message size limit

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:28:12 GMT

Sendmail allows you to limit the maximum message size for inconming and outgoing mail with the option:

O MaxMessageSize=

But, what if I want to limit just the incoming mail size but not the outgoing, or viceversa?

Re: Sendmail and message size limit

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:35:28 GMT

It seems that the only way is to use two sendmails instances running with differents configurations on differents ports.

Re: Sendmail and message size limit

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:40:56 GMT

Shalom Ivan,

Another possible scheme would be to have a second machine in front of the main sendmail box with limitations turned on. It would be told to process and DS relay to the main box.

The main box could send its mail to the Internet without passing through the second.

SEP

Re: Sendmail and message size limit

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:07:46 GMT

Hi Steven, you solution will work. I would like to give you more points but I want to keep this thread without solution so new messages will be posted.

I just want to see if there is another way, using only one server. (Maybe something that runs with sendmail, like mailscanner)

Re: Sendmail and message size limit

Ugo Bellavacne — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:15:43 GMT

With MailScanner, you can use rulesets to the "Maximum Message Size = " parameter to achieve what you need.