Re: [cobalt-users] cobalt sendmail MaxReciepientsPerMessage

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, SM wrote:

> Hi,
> At 12:50 21-12-2001 -0700, newsletters@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Will it allow him to send his mail if I add him to 
> >/etc/mail/trusted-users?
> 
> No.
> 
> >Also, I noticed in
> >/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> ># maximum number of recipients per SMTP envelope
> >#O MaxRecipientsPerMessage=100
> 
> >Since this is commented out, what is the maximum currently allowed on the 
> >RAQ 4i? I'd rather not change this for every user - is there a way I can 
> >change something just to allow him to do a mass mailing?
> 
> There is no limit on the maximum number of recipients then.  Did you verify
> whether there was another MaxRecipientsPerMessage setting which was not
> commented out?  Are you sure that your boss is using your SMTP server to
> send the email?

Actually, the value in commented out variables in the .cf file is the
default value that is used when you don't specify it..

Regardless, I suspect the fellow will shortly run into another limit,
there is only so stuff you can cram into one email header before the
server will reject the header because the line is too long, and clients
are notorious for this as well, if he's over the 100+ addresses point he
really should be using a managed list, He's going to drive himself nuts.

ps: The trusted users setting is just to allow a user to forge their name,
it's used by things like mailing lists so they can pretend to be some
other user for convenience, you don't normally let normal users lie about
their username :P

gsh