Re: [exim] very large messages

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Author: Jack Bailey
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] very large messages
On 12/19/19 3:09 PM, Cyborg via Exim-users wrote:
> Am 19.12.19 um 21:57 schrieb Jack Bailey via Exim-users:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like to know if anyone else is getting these:
>>
>> In this message, this last line occurs over 191M times.  The message
>> is over 8GB.  I deleted a message earlier today that was over 45GB,
>>
>> Jack
>>
> If you did not add a  "message_size_limit = 0" to your exim.conf, i
> highly doubt that you got that mail in that size. Exim has a build in
> limit of 50MB message size.
>
> The message could be increased in size while processing, i.e. due to
> configuration mistakes in form of loops or external scripts.
>
> best regards,
> Marius
>


But I have a limit which is what has me scratching my head.

mx1$ grep size exim.conf
message_size_limit          = 50M

Jack