On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Linux Advocate wrote:

> 1. Since postfix has a mailbox_size_limit, why do we still need to have
> quota implemented (say via dovecot). Is it just for "enforcment and
> notification"?

Some admins like to set per user (or group) quotas via dovecot.  Many dovecot
implementations use Maildir mailboxes, for which quotas are not supported by
mailbox_size_limit.

> 1a. Is it ok to just set mailbox_size_limit=0 and then impose quota via
> dovecot (say 1GB) or must both settings match?

The two settings do not have to match.

> 2. For a setup of about 1500 virtual users on a centos 5.2 machine with a
> raid10 array and with 8gb of ram, what settings do i need to change in
> postfix for better performance with regards to main.cf /master.cf. Dovecot
> provides POP/IMAP services.

Way too general.  And ask dovecot questions on that mailing list.

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Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>

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