[Users] Max attachment size?

[sgeneris at comcast.net]

I found a web page that said 50MB, but apparently even 10MB is too much.


----- Original Message -----
From: Slavko <linux at slavino.sk>
To: users at lists.claws-mail.org
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 10:19:15 +0200
Subject: Re: [Users] Max attachment size?

> Ahoj,
> 
> Dna Fri, 17 May 2024 11:38:48 -0700 sgeneris at comcast.net napísal:
> 
> > Any idea how can I find what Google sets as max?
> 
> If **can** be in EHLO response, in bytes::
> 
>     swaks --to aaa at domain --quit ehlo
>     ...
>     <-  250-SIZE 157286400
> 
> Then you have to lower that value by number depending on used encoding, 
> eg. in case of Base64 max. message size can be 30-40 % lower. Thus
> generally, safe value is half of reported, in this case ~75 MB.
> 
> But, any MTA on the path can have its own limit, and some don't provide
> SIZE extension (or provide it without value), but apply limits...
> 
> regards
> 
> -- 
> Slavko
> https://www.slavino.sk
> 
> 
>