# The message_size_limit parameter limits the total size in bytes of
# a message, including envelope information.
#
message_size_limit = 3000000
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Orlando Andico wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> is there a way to limit the maximum size of a single message in postfix?
>
> i am writing a customized local delivery agent (in Perl!!) so that i can
> do mail delivery in the absense of local unix accounts (and, since it's
> Perl, i can authenticate via database; i also store quotas, mail box path,
> etc, in the database).
>
> i am using Graham Barr's Mail::Internet to do my magic, and there seems to
> be no way to determine the length of a given message except using the
> Mail::Internet::as_string() function to output the message into a Perl
> string, and then use length() to determine the size.
>
> now using Mail::Internet::as_string() is probably CPU-expensive, but i
> can't avoid it. since the typical mailbox quota is 5MB, i want to limit
> maximum message size to maybe 2.5MB, this will put a cap on the CPU usage
> of delivering a big message.
>
> also, if someone sends a 200MB message, i want it bounced immediately (i
> don't want it to reach my local delivery agent) because it will bounce
> anyway since it exceeds the quota.
>
>
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