ESMTP SIZE Support in Apple Mail?

There are currently no ESMTP settings in Apple Mail, but I wonder if there are plans for the future, or hidden settings somewhere. Since my mailservers - dovecot and pegasus mail - supports ESMTP SIZE and are set to not accept messages larger than 4 megs it's slightly annoying that the messages are plainly dropped if larger, with no warning. Same is true with for example Outlook, but both Thunderbird and Pegasus mail handles it like it should: the message isn't even sent if it's too big, since its size is included in the HELO, and the mail program warns that the server doesn't accept email over size so-and-so.
Any suggestions, or does anyone knows why ESMTP settings aren't included somewhere in Apple Mail?

you're not alone. see a similar thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2590118
i just tried this and for now, it seems to work. i'm waiting for feedback from other Win PC & Mac users.
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