On Tue, 10 May 2016 17:03:47 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue 10 May 2016 at 17:43:03 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > >> David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >> > On Tue 10 May 2016 at 11:07:47 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: >> >> >> I tried to use mutt to send someone a zip file of about 50 Mb and got >> >> the error: "Error sending message, child exited 1 (). Could not send >> >> message." >> >> >> >> I assumed the attachment was too large and so went to >> >> /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/02*/ and altered the configuration to be: >> >> >> >> # Message size limit. The default (used when MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT >> >> # is unset) is 50 MB >> >> .ifdef MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT >> >> # message_size_limit = MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT # I commented this line >> >> message_size_limit = 200 MB # I added this line >> >> .endif >> >> >> >> I restarted exim, but it had no effect. >> >> > Isn't the Debian way to put >> >> > MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT=foo >> >> > into /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and then run >> > # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config >> >> No, that won't work. You cannot just put stuff into >> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and hope it will make it into the >> configuration. > >Didn't spot that; exim's .confs can be confusing. What file is used for >non-split configuration? > Not meaning to send this to you, Brian, but I lost the previous message. I would like to know that, too. Since /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf has the following at the beginning: # /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf # # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' That would seem to me to be the way to make it work. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]