Re: [exim] handle quota on mailbox

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Author: Jeff Garzik
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To: user therion
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] handle quota on mailbox
user therion wrote:
> Hi,
> in current exim.conf I activated quota for my users as
> shown below. problem is, some users "ignore" the
> warning-mailbox-full-messages and when the remaining
> (10%) space exceeded, they´re unable to delete
> messages.
> So I always must give them more space, they make room
> in their mailboxes and afterwards I reduce the
> available space again to the original value.
>
> Is this the normal behaviour or have you other, better
> suggestions for realizing this?
>
>
> Is it possible to "freeze" the mailbox -for example at
> 95%- that there will be enough room for the user to
> remove messages..?


I would address the problem of not being about to delete messages once
the quota is full. Dovecot w/ maildir works just fine here, even when
the user hits their quota. Of course, I don't use hard quotas...

    Jeff