On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
> On 14/08/2019 10:48, Cyborg via Exim-users wrote:
>> Shall Exim be changed to refect the quota-du pov ( i.e. with an option
>> how to handle hardlinks (default=oldstyle) ) or not?
>
> I'd say it's an outright deficiency in Exim, it needs changing
> and there need be no option.
When there are many files in the mailbox this calculation is likely to be
slow (order n squared, at least when implemented without a good hash
algorithm for 64bit inode values).
I suspect an option to have a fast but inaccurate quota would be useful
in some circumstances.
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Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
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