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Effect of setting define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`2')dnl on blacksquarelabs.com
Effect of setting define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`2')dnl on blacksquarelabs.com
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Try to send to 3 recipients with Thunderbird:
The size of the message you are trying to send exceeds a temporary size limit of the server. The message was not sent; try to reduce the message size or wait some time and try again. The server responded: 4.5.3 Too many recipients.
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Try to send to 3 recipients via another mail server:
[jcoleman@vm-emlprdomr-02 ~]$ mail jcoleman@blacksquarelabs.com,root@blacksquarelabs.com,hostmaster@blacksquarelabs.com
Subject: test to 3 from vm-emlprdomr-02
test to 3 from vm-emlprdomr-02
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Cc:
Sender relay sends the first 2 right away and requeues the 3rd for delivery later
Jul 30 12:32:42 vm-emlprdomr-02 sendmail-mta[17227]: q6UGW0XJ017222: to=<jcoleman@blacksquarelabs.com>, ctladdr=<jcoleman@vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu> (1000/1000), delay=00:00:42, xdelay=00:00:42, mailer=esmtp, pri=180485, relay=vps1.blacksquarelabs.com. [72.249.77.147], dsn=4.5.3, stat=Deferred: 452 4.5.3 Too many recipients
Jul 30 12:32:50 vm-emlprdomr-02 sendmail-mta[17227]: q6UGW0XJ017222: to=<hostmaster@blacksquarelabs.com>,<root@blacksquarelabs.com>, ctladdr=<jcoleman@vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu> (1000/1000), delay=00:00:50, xdelay=00:00:50, mailer=esmtp, pri=180485, relay=vps1.blacksquarelabs.com. [72.249.77.147], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (q6UGWEqA027820 Message accepted for delivery)
Jul 30 12:40:11 vm-emlprdomr-02 sendmail-mta[18155]: q6UGW0XJ017222: to=<jcoleman@blacksquarelabs.com>, ctladdr=<jcoleman@vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu> (1000/1000), delay=00:08:11, xdelay=00:00:31, mailer=esmtp, pri=270485, relay=vps1.blacksquarelabs.com. [72.249.77.147], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (q6UGdjEX027877 Message accepted for delivery)
Blacksquarelabs yells too many recipients and only takes 2 on the first pass, and accepts the third later.
[root@blacksquarelabs cf]# grep q6UGWEqA027820 /var/log/maillog
Jul 30 12:32:42 blacksquarelabs sendmail-mta[27820]: q6UGWEqA027820: Too many recipients
Jul 30 12:32:42 blacksquarelabs sendmail-mta[27820]: q6UGWEqA027820: from=<jcoleman@pantheon.yale.edu>, size=783, class=0, nrcpts=2, msgid=<201207301632.q6UGW0xw017221@vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.143]
Jul 30 12:32:42 blacksquarelabs mimedefang.pl[4069]: MDLOG,q6UGWEqA027820,mail_in,,,<jcoleman@pantheon.yale.edu>,<hostmaster@blacksquarelabs.com>,test to 3 from vm-emlprdomr-02
Jul 30 12:32:42 blacksquarelabs mimedefang.pl[4069]: MDLOG,q6UGWEqA027820,mail_in,,,<jcoleman@pantheon.yale.edu>,<root@blacksquarelabs.com>,test to 3 from vm-emlprdomr-02
Jul 30 12:32:50 blacksquarelabs sendmail-mta[27827]: q6UGWEqA027820: to=jcoleman, delay=00:00:08, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=cyrusv2, pri=31100, relay=localhost, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
[root@blacksquarelabs cf]# grep q6UGdjEX027877: /var/log/maillog
Jul 30 12:40:11 blacksquarelabs sendmail-mta[27877]: q6UGdjEX027877: from=<jcoleman@pantheon.yale.edu>, size=783, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201207301632.q6UGW0xw017221@vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=vm-emlprdomr-02.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.143]
Jul 30 12:40:11 blacksquarelabs sendmail-mta[27888]: q6UGdjEX027877: to=<jcoleman@blacksquarelabs.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=cyrusv2, pri=120783, relay=localhost, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
(NOTE: Cyrus ate these as dupes!)
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