On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:03:18 +0200 in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Shaun Bugler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Hi, just want to know why does this option exist? We have had a
>  couple emails containing "legit" zips being stopped because of this
>  option, just want to know the benifits of having this option enabled.

To enable you to deal with mailbombs that work by generating a huge
attachment that DoSs you by eating disk/CPU/memory.

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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