--On 6 December 2006 12:41:42 +0000 Chris Lightfoot <chris@???>
wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:37:08PM +0000, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> --On 6 December 2006 12:26:12 +0000 Chris Lightfoot
>> <chris@???> wrote:
> [...]
>> > context. Under normal circumstances a retry will
>> > (eventually) succeed, because the user will reduce their
>> > disk usage to get back under quota.
>>
>> But, we're not describing normal circumstances. We're describing a
>> situation where the user has been given a period of time to do this, and
>> hasn't. Perhaps they've died.
>
> you might be, but I'm not! I have seen a number of sites
> (mostly admittedly running Exchange) where sending to
> given (living) users alternates between successful
> completion and 5xx over-quota errors on a timescale of
> hours to days.
>
> (Investigation suggests in the case I'm thinking of that
> this is a consequence of miserly quotas and high mail
> volumes.)
>
Right, and in those circumstances 5xx is probably a bit silly. Nobody's
arguing that 5xx is always appropriate. We're just arguing that in some
circumstances it might be.
--
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
