Would it be okay to add direction-specific versions of "max-message-size", 
e.g., "max-message-size-send” and "max-message-size-recv”?

Reason:

My outbound email relay provider (amazonses) limits outbound message size to 
10M.   If I don’t set "max-message-size 10M” and accidentally send a larger 
message, then my SMTP-client thinks the message is “sent” even though the 
backend relay fails.  Silent failures are unacceptable to me, so I set 
"max-message-size 10M”.

But setting "max-message-size 10M” also limits inbound messages and I have a 
contacts that like to send large attachments from time to time.  Fortunately 
they do receive a “server reject due to size” message, and so know to instead 
try again by sending a link to some file-service (e.g., dropbox), but 
apparently it’s enough of a hassle for them to complain about.


Thank you for your consideration.

Kent


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