[SunHELP] Limit size of incoming email

[Chris Pinnock]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:30:07AM -0000, Howard Hurst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running (an old) version of Sendmail 8.8.8 and Solstice Internet Mail
> Server POP3 2.0 - is there an easy way to set up a limit to the size of
> incoming emails? We're looking at a limit of 10mb. By editing my sendmail.cf
> I've limited outgoing to 10mb but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the
> incoming side...
> 
> I'm building a new server to replace this but in the mean time i've been
> asked to put these limits in place after eight users each received a 50mb
> email and killed the server!

IIRC, in your sendmail cf file:

O MaxMessageSize=1048576

(or if using m4, use confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE).

best wishes,
Chris