Re: mutt attachment error
On Tue 10 May 2016 at 10:28:24 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 10 May 2016 at 11:07:47 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote:
> > I tried to use mutt to send someone a zip file of about 50 Mb and got
> > the error: "Error sending message, child exited 1 (). Could not send
> > message."
> >
> > I assumed the attachment was too large and so went to
> > /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/02*/ and altered the configuration to be:
> >
> > # Message size limit. The default (used when MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT
> > # is unset) is 50 MB
> > .ifdef MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT
> > # message_size_limit = MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT # I commented this line
> > message_size_limit = 200 MB # I added this line
> > .endif
> >
> > I restarted exim, but it had no effect.
>
> Isn't the Debian way to put
>
> MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT=foo
>
> into /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and then run
> # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
I think it is necessary only to restart exim after altering the
file.
I use the split configuration and put directives in my own file
/etc/exim4/conf.d/main/00_custom_macros.
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