Sunday, July 10, 2011, 7:09:37 PM, Michael wrote: > On 07/10/2011 07:59 PM, Glenn English wrote: >> >> On Jul 10, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> >>> You can do things on the server to mitigate damage from people who >>> check the "leave messages on server for eternity" box, but >>> generally, this is a client preference. >> >> What things can I do on the server? Many of my people use Macs, and >> there's nothing (I can find) in the iMail config to turn off the >> eternity switch. >>
> With POP3, they don't have a "Trash" folder so you're probably stuck > setting a quota[1]. > You could also run a cron job or maybe use the expire plugin to get rid > of old messages, but that would likely piss someone off eventually. > And, I guess, if they're leaving *every* message on the server, you > could switch them to IMAP. They can't possibly leave any more stuff on > there, right? > [1] http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota Actually, you should have linked to http://wiki1.dovecot.org/Quota. http://wiki2.dovecot.org is used for Dovecot v2.0. The OP is using Dovecot 1.x. But, I see the OP in the latest message response has found the setting in the email client. -- Best regards, Duane mailto:du...@duanemail.org
