Created on
08-20-2024
04:56 AM
Edited on
04-18-2025
01:14 AM
By
Jean-Philippe_P
This article describes how to verify the maximum email message size configured on FortiMail for Inbound emails.
All supported versions of FortiMail.
Verify the allowed message size for incoming mail by performing a telnet to the FortiMail.
For example:
execute telnettest 10.109.20.132:25
Connected
250-FEVM01XXXXXXX.localdomain Hello [10.109.22.47], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 10485760 <- 10 MB.
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
mail from : <admin@test.com>
250 2.1.0 <admin@test.com>... Sender ok
rcpt to:<user1@lab.la>
250 2.1.5 <user1@lab.la>... Recipient ok
Connection closed.
To modify the maximum size, see Technical Tip: FortiMail Maximum Email Message Size limit is configurable.
Telnet again at any time to see the reconfigured email message size.
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