Re: [exim] message_size_limit error

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 01:57:22PM +0100, Alex wrote:
> I have this rule
>
> message_size_limit = 15M in my configure file
>
> But if i try to send an email with an atachment 11,7 MB

base64 encoding increases the size of data by a factor
4/3; 11.7 * (4. / 3.) == 15.6.

> I have this error
>
>
> 2007-01-18 13:50:41 1H7WiD-000075-Em rejected f (parasit) [130.206.126.138]:
> message too big: read=16167122 max=15728640

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