On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 07:34:44PM +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > > > I haven't actually tried it yet, so this is just from looking at the source > > code: The policy service will reject (most) messages that would put a > > mailbox over the quota limit in both 2.1 and 2.2, won't it? > > That still seems very useful, compared to bouncing it later. > > > > my understanding > you need quota-grace to make sure mailbox get overquota for setup > percent, if there ist no quota-grace ( like in 2.1.x ), most mail will > be bounced by normal lda/lmtp quota rules , so policy quota always will > seen some free space in the mailbox, unless the rare case that one ( > last ) mail fits the mailbox quota in exact 100 percent
I just tested it, and now I can verify: As long as the size= attribute is present in the policy request, Dovecot will correctly reject messages that are too large to fit in whatever quota you have left.
