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I configured postfix and dovecot on Debian 6.0. I have set high limits both for my php and my postfix configuration file, but I am still unable to receive large email messages or messages with large attachment files (5 MB or greater) via the SquirrelMail client. I checked the log and all seems to be going well; is there any configuration I should look for or something I missed?

Thanks.

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  • Why would your php file upload limit matter with your postfix configuration? it sounds like you're testing this through a webmail interface?
    – thinice
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:27
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    Define "large attachments"
    – Bart Silverstrim
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:32
  • Why do you think the limit is on your side, and not at the webmail provider?
    – Zoredache
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:34
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    Repeat after me: Email is NOT a file transfer protocol. You shouldn't be sending anything large via email. Even if YOUR mail server accepts it there is a good chance the recipient's server will not.
    – voretaq7
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:36
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    If you "don't receive" then you must have an error report or log of it not being received. Post it. Also, a few years back some guys invented a Protocol for Transferring Files; crazy stuff really. It even supports encryption and security stuff these days. Might want to look into it.
    – Chris S
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:36

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What paraemters did you change?

On a CentOS 6 box, the /etc/php.ini has upload_max_filesize as 2MB. Was this the parameter you changed? I believe postfix's default max size is 10MB, so there should have been no need to change that.

If it's a PHP error, the problem won't be in your maillog. It will show up in the web server logs.

In your maillog, do you see the SMTP transaction?

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  • yea, thanks, I noticed I get an error "not enough free space in mail queue" still I dont know how to set this queue bigger... any idea please?
    – jpganz18
    Mar 19, 2012 at 19:59
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    Huh. You have free disk space in the partition, right?
    – cjc
    Mar 19, 2012 at 20:10

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