Re: [exim] message_size_limit error

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Author: Marc Sherman
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] message_size_limit error
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
>
> 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


Attachments are generally encoded as base64 by MUAs, which tends to
expand their size by 140%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME

- Marc