# Change mail attachment size [TOC] To change mail attachment size, we have to change 3 settings. ## Change message size limit in postfix Postfix is MTA, so we have to change its setting to transfer mail with large attachment. For example, to allow mail with 100Mb attachment, please change both `message_size_limit` and `mailbox_size_limit` settings like below: ``` # postconf -e message_size_limit='104857600' # postconf -e mailbox_size_limit='104857600' ``` Restart postfix to make it work: ``` # /etc/init.d/postfix restart ``` __NOTES__: * `104857600` is 100 (MB) x 1024 (KB) x 1024 (Bit). * Mail will be encoded by mail user agent (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) before transferred, the actual message size will be larger than 100MB, you can simplily increase above setting to 110Mb or 120Mb to make it work as expected. * If `mailbox_size_limit` is smaller than `message_size_limit`, you will get error message in Postfix log file like this: `fatal: main.cf configuration error: mailbox_size_limit is smaller than message_size_limit`. If you use mail clients such as Outlook, thunderbird to send mails, it's now ok to sent large attachment with above setting. ## Change upload file size in Roundcube webmail If you have Roundcube webmail, please change two more settings: ### Change PHP setting to allow to upload large attachment You should change `memory_limit`, `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size` in PHP config file `/etc/php.ini` * on RHEL/CentOS: it's `/etc/php.ini` * on Debian/Ubuntu, it's `/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini` * on FreeBSD, it's `/usr/local/etc/php.ini` for Apache, or `/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini` for Nginx. * on OpenBSD, it's `/etc/php-5.4.ini`. If you're running different PHP release, the version number `5.4` will be different. ``` memory_limit = 200M; upload_max_filesize = 100M; post_max_size = 100M; ``` ### Change Roundcube webmail settings to allow large attachment Change same settings in file `.htaccess` under roundcube root directory: * on RHEL/CentOS, it's `/var/www/roundcubemail/.htaccess` * on Debian/Ubuntu, it's `/usr/share/apache2/roundcubemail/.htaccess` or `/opt/www/roundcubemail/.htaccess`. * on FreeBSD, it's `/usr/local/www/roundcubemail/.htaccess` * on OpenBSD, it's `/var/www/roundcubemail/.htaccess` Note: this `.htaccess` file may not exist on some Linux/BSD distributions, if it doesn't exist, you can skip this step. ``` php_value memory_limit 200M php_value upload_max_filesize 100M php_value post_max_size 100M ``` Restart Apache or php-fpm service to make it work. ## Change upload file size in Nginx Find setting `client_max_body_size` in Nginx config file `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`, change it to a proper value to match your need. ``` http { ... client_max_body_size 100m; ... } ``` ## Change upload file size in SOGo-3.x SOGo-3.x introduces parameter `WOMaxUploadSize` to limit upload file size, you can add it in SOGo config file `/etc/sogo/sogo.conf` with a proper attachment size. ``` // set the maximum allowed size for content being sent to SOGo using a PUT or // a POST call. This can also limit the file attachment size being uploaded // to SOGo when composing a mail. // // - The value is in kilobyte. // - By default, the value is 0, or disabled so no limit will be set. WOMaxUploadSize = 102400; ``` Restarting SOGo service is required.