2011/10/9 Steve Fatula <compconsult...@yahoo.com> > I am wondering if I really need to use dovecot quota functions or not. > Assume for the moment, that, each system user has a quota defined using > Linux quotas, and that the Maildir is within their quota limited directory. > So, any mail (or files created by the user etc) that would exceed the quota > obviously can't be created. > > In such an environment, is there any advantage to implementing the same > quota already defined in the filesystem via dovecot? Or, can I just make > things simpler and ignore dovecot quotas? Assuming I keep the index and > control files out of the quota limited directories. > > I presume if exceeding filesystem quota, the mail will not be delivered of > course. If using lmtp, I presume it stays in the queue to retry later for > some period of time. > > Steve >
But if you dont use quotas how do you know if the user is out of space? Or does the user gets a notification that it's running out of space, before you start rejecting emails? Eduardo.
