Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> wrote: > Currently if user is 1MB under quota and someone tries to deliver mail > that is over 1MB, Dovecot rejects the mail. But smaller mails aren't > rejected probably for days. So user might not even realize that they > didn't receive one of the mails. Also having a user "almost over > quota" is a rather strange state I think.
> So what do you think about v2.2 allowing delivery of one last mail > even if it brings the user over quota? Except add a limit that if the > message size is as much as the user's entire quota limit it wouldn't > be added (or 50% or ..?). Also IMAP wouldn't allow this, since user > would get an error anyway. I could make this also optional, but if > nobody really wants to keep the old behavior there's really no point > in adding the option. Yes, please add this new option. If possible with configurable limit. I'd rather have a user go directly over quota with one final mail than have a situation where half the mails get delivered and the other half is rejected. >From a 1st level support stand point this new behavior is easier to explain than the way it is now. By looking into my new crytal ball I can see the following happening: A user with 300KBytes under his quota gets a mail with 500KBytes in size. This of course bounces. He is then called by the sender who complains about the full mailbox. The user then sends himself a test mail (Subject: Test, Body: Test) which is delivered, because it is rather small and fits inside the few bytes left. The user then is confused. (And I have to use some of my precious time to explain to the user the inner workings of the mail system. ;)) So I'd very much appreciate such an option. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.
