there's a patch to limit the bounce size, see the qmail page or in the
mailing archives.

Franky

> ----------
> From:         Jan Stanik[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 22, 1999 7:47 PM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Mailer-daemon returns full message
> 
> Hi,
> 
>       I noticed, that when is problem with delivering mail, qmail tries 
> to return full mail to sender, not only some error message. If sender 
> sends a mail with 5MB attachment to nonexistent recipient, 5MB 
> message is bounced to postmaster and to sender - is it a feature, 
> or what ;-)?
> 
>       Is it true, that qmail first received full message and then checks
> if it is deliverable? Is there any patch, or I am stupid and I need to 
> patch myself?
> 
> Thanks for Your answers,
> 
> 
>       
> --
>   Jan Stanik
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Telenor Internet,s.r.o
> 

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