diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
index 91c2b823c1bf165cade37b983ee87584571c09db..436c00e3a6aa7e0b4370863dc8af4c2f93cce172 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ void sbbs_read_ini(
 		=iniReadShortInt(fp,section,"LinesPerYield",10);
 	mail->max_recipients
 		=iniReadShortInt(fp,section,"MaxRecipients",100);
+	mail->max_msg_size
+		=iniReadInteger(fp,section,"MaxMsgSize",10*1024*1024);	/* 10MB */
 
 	SAFECOPY(mail->host_name
 		,iniReadString(fp,section,"HostName",host_name));