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Author: Benjamin Ritcey
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To: Alex Flores
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Incoming Message Size
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 17:40, Alex Flores wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I don't know anything about SMTP/ESMTP...
>
> Perhaps advertising ESMTP is part of my problem? The server
> incoming1.fijiescapes.com is running Exim 4.30. Could the error message be
> coming from my outgoing (ISP) server and not even reaching my server?
>
> How would I go about changing the 3MB limit?
>


In looking around, it looks like advertising ESMTP is a suggestion, not
a requirement (but apparently some MTAs won't try EHLO if it doesn't see
ESMTP in the banner). That said, I don't think that's your problem.

In the exim.conf for incoming1.fijiescapes.com, look for
'message_size_limit' and set it higher.

-b

> At 01:50 PM 4/14/2004, Benjamin Ritcey wrote:
> >On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 16:33, Alex Flores wrote:
> > > Sorry. I am using my own servers.
> > >
> > > Here is the actual error (in blue):
> > >
> > >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > > <aflores@???>
> > >     (reason: 552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage
> > > allocation)

> > >
> >
> > >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > ... while talking to incoming1.fijiescapes.com.:

> > >
> > >
> > > >>> MAIL From:<aflores@???> SIZE=6551639
> > >
> > >
> > > <<< 552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage allocation
> > > 554 5.0.0 <aflores@???>... Service unavailable
> > > Reporting-MTA: dns; franklin.concentric.net
> > > Received-From-MTA: dns; w250.z064003083.lax-ca.dsl.cnc.net
> > > Arrival-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:11:43 -0400 (EDT)
> > >
> > >
> > > Final-Recipient: rfc822; aflores@???
> > > Action: failed
> > > Status: 5.3.4
> > > Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded
> > > storage allocation
> > > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:17:51 -0400 (EDT)
> > > Return-Path: <aflores@???>
> > > Received: from mis-100.ats-islands.com
> > > (w250.z064003083.lax-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.3.83.250])
> > >         by franklin.concentric.net [Concentric SMTP Relay 1.1] id
> > > i3EEBhM22252
> > >         for <aflores@???>; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:11:43 -0400
> > > (EDT)
> > > Errors-To: <aflores@???>
> > > Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20040414071136.022c8890@???>
> > > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:11:39 -0700
> > > To: aflores@???
> > > From: Alex Flores <aflores@???>
> > > Subject: Large Test
> > > Mime-Version: 1.0
> > > Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
> > >         boundary="=====================_38462476==_"

> > >
> >
> >After re-reading this, I think I may have jumped the gun; more
> >knowledgeable folks can correct me, but I don't think this is an Exim
> >message -- at least, I don't see 'exceeded storage allocation' anywhere
> >in the Exim 4.31 source code (though I realize that's easily changed).
> >
> >Are you sure that incoming1.fijiescapes.com is an Exim server?
> >Regardless, it looks like that machine has ~ 3MB limit:
> >
> > > swaks -f '<>' --timeout=300 -t aflores@??? -q rcpt
> >=== Trying INCOMING1.fijiescapes.com:25...
> >=== Connected to INCOMING1.fijiescapes.com.
> ><- 220 SMTP service ready
> > -> EHLO localhost
> ><- 250-Requested mail action okay, completed
> ><- 250-SIZE 3072000
> ><- 250-AUTH LOGIN
> ><- 250 HELP
> > -> MAIL FROM:<>
> ><- 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
> > -> RCPT TO:<aflores@???>
> ><- 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
> > -> QUIT
> ><- 221 SMTP server closing transmission channel
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >-b
> >
> >P.S.,
> >
> >I thought you were supposed to advertise ESMTP in the connect banner if
> >you spoke ESMTP? - incoming1.fijiescapes.com doesn't.
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > At 01:24 PM 4/14/2004, Benjamin Ritcey wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 12:26, Alex Flores wrote:
> > > > > --
> > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > > > Hello All,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am getting this returned message when trying to send an email
> > > > with a
> > > > > large attachment. I can't seem to find anything (maybe just
> > > > looking for
> > > > > the wrong key words) on the web or in the documentation on
> > > > restricting
> > > > > incoming message sizes.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using Exim 4.30 on Solaris 9.
> > > > >
> > > > > Error:
> > > > >      SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL
> > > > FROM:<user@???>
> > > > > SIZE=6637976:
> > > > >      host mailhost.domain.com [xx.xx.xx.xx]:
> > > > >      552 Requested mail action aborted: exceeded storage
> > > > allocation

> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm unclear on your problem - is mailhost.domain.com your server?
> > > > From
> > > > the way you describe it, it doesn't sound like it (using real server
> > > > names would make this easier to diagnose...)
> > > >
> > > > If it's not your server, you have no control over the maximum
> > > > message
> > > > size that will be accepted.
> > > >
> > > > If it is your server, you're looking for the message_size_limit
> > > > directive.
> > > >
> > > > -b
> > > >
> > > > > Any help is appreciated, thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex F.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex Flores
> > > > > Manager, Information Technology
> > > > > ATS Tours & Islands in the Sun
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