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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142
Summary: Add support for not enforcing message_size_limit
Product: Exim
Version: N/A
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: wishlist
Priority: medium
Component: Unfiled
AssignedTo: nigel@???
ReportedBy: eximbugzilla@???
CC: exim-dev@???
Created an attachment (id=497)
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Patch to add smtp_enforce_size_limit option
Several (ie. Microsoft) mail clients do not understand ESMTP SIZE limits. Nor
do they understand 5xx errors at SMTP time. The impact is that when a user of
such a client tries to send a message which exceeds the host's
message_size_limit, it is repeatedly retransmitted and rejected, until removed
from the user's outbox.
One option is to set message_size_limit unrealistically high and reject large
mail using the system filter. However, this is undesirable because it penalises
users of well-behaved mail clients which would otherwise not have to transmit
an entire message to know that it's too large.
As such I recommend adding a smtp_enforce_size_limit option (which would
default to true). By setting this to false, the operator can have Exim accept
overly-large messages at SMTP time (to prevent them from being retransmitted)
and then fail them using the system filter.
Please find my patch attached.
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