On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 09:28:59AM +0000, Jeff Jansen wrote: > On Sunday 09 March 2003 03:54, Anand Buddhdev > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RFC 2821 sets a limit on the number of recipients in a > > single SMTP transaction to 100. Courier's esmtp client > > therefore defaults to 100, and it's not a good idea to > > set this higher, as some SMTP servers out there will > > reject the additional recipients. > > Thanks again for the explanation. I guess the prudent thing > to do leave batchsize and MAXRCPT at 100 and not mess with > them. > > > maxrcpts in bofh is for *incoming* email, and defines how > > many recipients courier's SMTP server will handle, before > > rejecting the rest. The RFC 2821 recommended value is > > 100, and you should not set it lower. > > No I would not set it lower. But why not set it higher?
I don't see a problem with setting it higher, as long as it's not too high, otherwise courier's esmtpd could be DOSsed with a large number of recipients. 500 seems ok to me. -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
