Re: [Exim] MTA-imposed quota exceeded

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Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] MTA-imposed quota exceeded
In article >Pine.SOL.4.21.0008090925020.3259-100000@???>,
Philip Hazel <ph10@???> wrote:
>For those that didn't see it, John's suggestion is for an option to continue
>to deliver unless a user is *over* quota (so it would be unlike a system
>quota), with facilities for allowing certain messages to bypass the quota
>checking.
>
>My personal feeling is that this is a bit over elaborate, and I don't
>like the idea of Exim quotas working differently to system quotas. What
>are the views of others on this list?


I think you should only do it if the mailbox format supports it
natively.

For example there is a format called Maildir++ that is being used by
Courier which is an extended (and backwards compatible) Maildir.
It supports Maildir quotas. See

http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html
http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.sharedfolders.html

Mike.
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