c tcp_connect localhost:1025 c <~ 220 c -> EHLO localhost c <... 250 HELP c -> MAIL FROM: <> c <~ 250 c -> RCPT TO: user@testserver c <~ 250 c -> DATA c <~ 354 c -> Subject: Message too big c -> # Max message size is 1 MiB. Note this includes line endings but converted to # \n (as per textproto.DotReader), and excluding the final ".". # We already sent (in the header) 26. # Send lines of len 900 to stay under the limit. # (1024 * 1024 - 26) - (900 * 1166) = -850 c ~> ('a' * 899 + '\r\n') * 1166 c -> . c <~ 552 5.3.4 Message too big c -> QUIT c <~ 221