On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 04:51:22PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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?
No, only in your understanding. Consider the difference between a
"maildir" and a "maildir file". A maildir is the directory structure
of maildir/{cur,new.tmp}/ which contains individual files, each
containing exactly one message.
That ONE message, a "maildir file", is subject to
virtual_mailbox_limit. The maildir structure itself is not.
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