error: mailbox_size_limit is smaller than message_size_limit

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Issue

Jul 19 22:48:18 server.example.com postfix/local[10021]: fatal: main.cf configuration error: mailbox_size_limit is smaller than message_size_limit
Jul 19 22:48:19 server.example.com postfix/master[3781]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/local pid 10021 exit status 1
Jul 19 22:48:19 server.example.com postfix/master[3781]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/local: bad command startup -- throttling
Jul 19 22:48:22 server.example.com postfix/pickup[9474]: 503B317334: uid=42647 from=<test>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • postfix

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