Re: max message On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 thahn@iupui.edu wrote:

> Recently, one of my friends attempted to e-mail me a very large message
> with a program for me to down-load.  This never came through.  Is there a
> limit as to how large a message can be received?

Yes, there is a limit, but it will vary depending on the path the mail
takes on its way from your friend to you.  Each mail transport agent (MTA)
along the path can impose a size limit per mail message processed. If the
mail from your friend is larger than that limit for any MTA in the path,
that MTA will reject the message. 

-timmo

Tim DiLauro                          Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Library Systems Jack                 Johns Hopkins University
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