On 10.10.2011, at 2.18, Alexandre Chapellon wrote: > I think by using dovecot quota you can exclude some directories from the > quota (e.g: spam or Trahs or whatever you like).
No, it's filesystem quota so Dovecot can't override it. > More specificly it is better using dovecot quota as it will allow LDA to > report quota exceeded in NDR . If using filesystem quota, I guess you'll send > ugly messages reporting IO error or enability too write file, which is really > not serious. The error message is only slightly different: "Not enough disk space" (instead of "Quota exceeded") >> So, what do I get by using the Dovecot Quota/FS plugin? Is it just a matter >> of it counting used space? Something else? Better handling of out of space? With imap_quota plugin it allows IMAP client to see how much quota is used/left. You could also enable quota warnings. And configure the quota exceeded error message.