Re: [exim] Message size

2008/12/9 Ian Eiloart <iane@???>:
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> --On 9 December 2008 16:15:47 +0000 Peter Bowyer <peter@???> wrote:
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>> 2008/12/9 Steve Sargent <S.L.Sargent@???>:
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>>> Does exim need to read the whole data portion of a message before
>>> comparing it to $message_size_limit or does it keep a count as it goes
>>> along?
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>> Someone who knows the code will comment on the detail, but since
>> there's no opportunity in the SMTP protocol for a server to abort the
>> reception of the DATA portion of a message mid-stream (other than
>> rudely hanging up, I guess), I'm wondering how Exim would benefit if
>> it did what you're asking about.
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> It could stop spooling the message to a nearly full disk, perhaps.

I guess so. I'd read something into the original question which
doesn't seem to be there on second reading....

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