> At 14.18 26/03/2007, you wrote: >>I know this is not toaster related but i think there are people here that >>may be of help. >> >>I have a huge problem. I'm responsible for mail service of 35-40 clients >>each of them with a virtual domain. >> >>I searched the qmailadmin mailing list in hopes of an answer but i >>couldn't find any. >> >>The problem is, i cannot offer access to the qmailadmin interface to my >>clients because, by default, qmailadmin does not offer quota limits >>management per domain. >> >>What i need to do is set a quota for the entire domain and after that the >>client can manage his mail accounts how he pleases. So, if a client has >>access to qmailadmin he can create a mailbox of say 5gb although the >>hosting contract was signed for 2Gb. >> >>At the moment i use a system quota method but i realized that this is not >>the correct way to do it although vpopmail allows it, other programs like >>maildrop and spamassassin have problems with the permissions mangling >>necessary to do system quota. >> >>On the qmailadmin list i've read some threads about different patches >>regarding the same problem i have but all the referrences pointed to >>unavailable locations and outdated resources. I also found out about the >>Antonio Nati's approach, the domain pool, but his links were also >>outdated. > > I have a more recent version of the pooled quota patch, actually > working on my systems. > > Pooled quota works this way, basically. > > If enabled for the domain, you give a quota to postmaster, and each > mailbox quota is subtracted from postmaster quota when you create a > new email. All changes of quota are added/subtracted to postmaster's > quota. > > If you want I may send it to you, and if someone find it interesting, > I cand send again to qmailadmin team (the last time pooled quota was > rejected because they preferred to include the fallimentary domain > quota patch). > > Ciao, > > Tonino > >
I saw your description on the qmailadmin list and i thought that was exactly what i was looking for and i was disapointed that the link you posted was not available. I will be gratefull if you can send me the patch to try it out and see if it matches my need although i think it will. Thanks for the help !
