How do I increase the maximum message size sent to a mailing list in Ensim on a Linux server?

The following article details the steps involved in increasing the maximum message size of an email message sent to a mailing list. When sending an email to a list, you may get the following error:

Message too long (>40000 chars)

This error will occur if you try to post a large mail to the list. The posts are limited to 40000 characters by default to avoid having posts with very large attachments. This limitation is enforced by the Majordomo itself. Therefore restriction on length of the sent message is (40000 symbols).

To increase the maximum message size of emails sent to the list, please follow these steps:

1. SSH into the server.
2. Open the configuration file of your list with a text editor. The configuration file is normally located at /home/virtual/site#/fst/etc/majordomo.cf. The site# is based on the site ID assigned by Ensim.
3. Add the following code to the file: maxlength #. The # is the maximum size of the message in bytes.
4. Restart sendmail by typing service sendmail restart.
5. Try to send the message again.