Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]

[Tim Walberg]

On 11/10/2000 16:30 -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
>>      "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>      > Horst von Brand wrote:
>>      
>>      [...]
>>      
>>      > > I've been using sendmail-8.11.1 (no encryption) to talk to MTAs all over
>>      
>>      > Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
>>      > you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
>>      > or two until they go out.  I can guarantee you will.
>>      
>>      No encryption use; and the maximal message size is 1Mb (for sanity's sake,
>>      after somebody sent a PowerPoint presentation (some 3Mb), then thought that
>>      perhaps the target didn't have PowerPoint, and sent it again with the
>>      PowerPoint package, then noticed this might not work either, and sent it
>>      _again_ with the full MS Office attached...  the joys of sysadminning ;-)
>>      -- 

Wow... that just might be one that's due for immortalizing
as an urban legend or what not... Definitely stupid user trick
material...


                        tw


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