Author: Jim Pazarena Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] message_size_limit (change in default)
Philip Hazel wrote: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Jim Pazarena wrote:
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>>I looked in the ChangeLogs and NewLogs and did not find this.
>>The book indicates zero as default.
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> The file doc/Exim4.upgrade contains this:
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> . The default for message_size_limit is now 50M as a guard against DoS
> attacks.
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> So the change happened for Exim 4. The Exim 4 book is correct (page
> 311). (Note that the reference on page 167 is to the transport option of
> the same name, not the global option.)
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It's one of those "ask BEFORE reading thoroughly".
I didn't look at "all" the index references, I stopped at the FIRST :-(
Philip, perhaps the reference on page 167 could "mention" 'see the global
option in section XXX' ?
