| 1 | .TH qmail-limits 7 |
| 2 | .SH "NAME" |
| 3 | qmail-limits \- artificial limits in the qmail system |
| 4 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 5 | The |
| 6 | .B qmail |
| 7 | system is able to handle messages of any size, |
| 8 | addresses of any size, mailing lists of any size, and so on, |
| 9 | except as limited by the available memory and disk space. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | However, it imposes certain artificial limits: |
| 12 | .TP 5 |
| 13 | 1. |
| 14 | .B qmail-lspawn |
| 15 | silently limits the number of simultaneous local deliveries to SPAWN. |
| 16 | .B qmail-rspawn |
| 17 | silently limits the number of simultaneous remote deliveries to SPAWN. |
| 18 | .TP 5 |
| 19 | 2. |
| 20 | .B qmail-queue |
| 21 | rejects any message with an envelope address longer than 1000 characters. |
| 22 | .TP 5 |
| 23 | 3. |
| 24 | .B qmail-lspawn |
| 25 | truncates any overly long error report from a delivery program. |
| 26 | It appends a note saying that it did so. |
| 27 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 28 | qmail-lspawn(8), |
| 29 | qmail-queue(8), |
| 30 | qmail-rspawn(8) |