Knowledge base

smtp-maxsize verifiedWritten by the Hub

Largest message accepted

in the configuration this is a linesmtp-maxsize: 100MB

Maximum size of a message the intake will accept, announced to clients in the SMTP greeting.

Values

Values
size with unit, e.g. 100MB
Default
100MB · taken from the build
applying
restart required
where it can be set
in the config file · with a startup flag · as an environment variable

In detail

Announced as SIZE during the handshake, so a well-behaved client knows before sending. A hundred megabytes is far above anything a bulk mailer produces and is really a guard against a runaway attachment.