Re: Re[2]: [vps-mail] Limit files size on procmail and clamav

[Abigail Marshall <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> I notice that I don't configure max message size on
> my servers at the
> moment. (I removed the limit several months ago,
> when I asked someone to
> send me some large jpegs and they bounced the first
> time.)
> 
> It's a good weapon for your arsenal if you need it,
> though ...
> 

It seems to me good for security - otherwise couldn't
someone simply email several very large files to the
root user and essentially bring down the server by
filling up all the disk space? (Server would still
work, but all other email would be blocked and data
could be lost if there is not space to write new
files). 

-Abigail
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