Thank you for your reply. I did find the bounce that indicates that the limit had been exceeded. I thought that the logs might also reflect that it had been blocked.
Another question - can the message that the sender receives be modified? On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Victor Duchovni<victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 01:04:30PM -0700, Christopher Adams wrote: > >> I have modified the message_size_limit in main.cf and restarted >> postfix. If I send messages under the size specified, they are >> delivered normally. If the message is over the limit, the message is >> not delivered, but there is no entry in the /var/log/maillog that >> shows that it was blocked. > > Messages over the size limit are not typically blocked. Rather the > sending system sees the size limit and does even send the message, > returning a bounce to the sender instead. > > -- > Viktor. > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. > > To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit > http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: > <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> > > If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not > send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put > "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly. > -- Christopher Adams adam...@gmail.com
