Re: [cobalt-users] attachment limit

["P.V.Anthony" <pvantony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the reply.

I have sent an email to myself and I still get the same error.

Any ideas would be great.

P.V.Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "William J.A. Brillinger" <billy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:54 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] attachment limit


> At 03:49 PM 18/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: P.V.Anthony
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:36 PM
> >To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [cobalt-users] attachment limit
> >
> >
> >Dear Cobalt users,
> >
> >Is there an attachment limit to the mailscanner?
> >
> >I have been trying to send an email attachment of 10mb and I get an
error.
> >
> >I am just wondering if is is because of some setting I may have set.
> >
> >I have set the cobalt to 50 mb in the mail server parameter.
> >
> >Please help if you have the time.
> >
> >This is the error I get
> >
> > >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > > <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >     (reason: 552 5.2.3 <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Message size exceeds
> >fixed
> >maximum message size (5242880))
> > >
> > >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > ... while talking to mail.xxxxxxxx.com.sg.:
> > > >>> MAIL From:<xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> SIZE=14092681
> > > <<< 552 5.2.3 <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... MeO MaxMessageSize=ssage
size
> >exceeds fixed
> >maximum
> >message size (5242880)
> > > 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> > >
> >-------------------
> >
> >You may have thought you set the maximum message size to 50Meg but
> >accoringing to the errors generated by your SMTP, it's set at 5Meg.
> >After you do the change through the admin GUI use vi or pico to
> >look at /etc/sendmail.cf. Scan for the item: O MaxMessageSize=
>
> if xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is the destination server, I'd say you exceeded
> their max message size, not yours.
>
> Try emailing the file to yourself.
>
> - Bill
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> William J.A. Brillinger
> Precision Design Co.
>
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