--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 > > > -- > Peter Bowyer > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
