This is a bit old, but...
On 2011-02-17 07:47:29 -0600, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 2/17/2011 7:32 AM, Nikolaos Milas wrote:
> >Thanks Witsie,
> >
> >Could the use of an IMAP client program (workstation-based or
> >web-based, like Squirrelmail) to access the incoming ("new/"
> >Maildir) mailbox, somehow override the directive?
>
> The postfix limit is for mailBOX, not mailDIR.
^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The postfix limit is a simple max-file-size limit and not a quota system.
> Therefore, it is not effective on multi-file mailstores such as maildir.
>
> To implement quotas with maildir storage, use a delivery agent that supports
> quotas or use filesystem quotas.
Then why does http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html say:
virtual_mailbox_limit (default: 51200000)
The maximal size in bytes of an individual virtual(8) mailbox or
maildir file, or zero (no limit).
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is it a bug in the documentation?
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