--On 9 December 2008 16:15:47 +0000 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2008/12/9 Steve Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Does exim need to read the whole data portion of a message before
>> comparing it to $message_size_limit or does it keep a count as it goes
>> along?
>
> Someone who knows the code will comment on the detail, but since
> there's no opportunity in the SMTP protocol for a server to abort the
> reception of the DATA portion of a message mid-stream (other than
> rudely hanging up, I guess), I'm wondering how Exim would benefit if
> it did what you're asking about.

It could stop spooling the message to a nearly full disk, perhaps.

>
> Peter
>
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