From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Mar 18 12:40:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from loki.intrepid.net (intrepid.net [204.71.127.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64ACD14D4C for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:40:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@loki.intrepid.net) Received: (from mark@localhost) by loki.intrepid.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA21490; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:39:52 -0500 Message-ID: <19990318153951.A21118@intrepid.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:39:51 -0500 From: Mark Conway Wirt To: Chris Shenton Cc: Michael Moran , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: E-Mail size limitation by ISPs References: <3.0.2.32.19990317161116.008b8c60@veronet.net> <877lsfh9ev.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org> <19990318143607.C613@intrepid.net> <874sniwo2s.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <874sniwo2s.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org>; from Chris Shenton on Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 03:16:27PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 03:16:27PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote: > Mark Conway Wirt 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