Re: [Exim] Quota Question

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Author: Dean Brooks
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Quota Question
> We just switched to Exim and it doesn't seem to handle mailbox quotas
> in the same way we are used to.
>
> On our old server a message was rejected only if the current mailbox
> was _already_ over quota. So a person with a 10MB quota and an empty
> mailbox could still receive a 20MB message, but as soon as the quota
> is exceeded all subsequent messages are deferred or rejected.


Hmmm. In this case, the 10MB quota really isn't a quota at all then.
Using the same logic, a person with a 10MB quota with an empty mailbox
could receive a 10,000MB message (given available disk space and the
lack of an max-message-size limits). Not really a quota limit, is it?

Adding an option to permit Exim to use this behavior seems a bit esoteric,
if not altogether unreasonable.

Wouldn't it be easier to just hack the source code in appendfile.c (or
whevered) yourself?

--                                      Regards, Dean
Dean A. Brooks
IgLou Internet Services, Inc.           Voice: (502) 966-3848
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