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List:       dovecot
Subject:    Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot generate file when over quota detected
From:       Timo Sirainen <tss () iki ! fi>
Date:       2012-08-31 14:26:23
Message-ID: 03EE8709-B737-497E-A5CC-0026154D33F7 () iki ! fi
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On 31.8.2012, at 17.23, Dominic Malolepszy wrote:

> On 31/08/2012 11:40 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > On 23.8.2012, at 9.48, Dominic Malolepszy wrote:
> > 
> > > I am curious if Dovecot can add an empty file into a Maildir folder as soon as \
> > > a mailbox has exceeded 100% capacity, and later when it detects the quota has \
> > > fallen below 100% unlink the file. The idea is the Dovecot LDA would deliver \
> > > the message and if this caused the mailbox to reach 100%+, add a file into the \
> > > maibox say "username/Maildir/overquota". Interactions via Dovecot IMAP/POP3 \
> > > that lower the mailbox usage, for example the user popping, or deleting mail \
> > > from the mailbox would trigger Dovecot to unlink the file.
> > Quota warning scripts can do that. \
> > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Configuration#Quota_warnings 
> > 
> They appear to trigger during maildelivers say via the LDA, however IMAP mailbox \
> interactions (say deleting an email or copying an email) do not trigger them. I \
> ended up having this patched into the quota plugin and works a treat.

The quota plugin, including quota warnings, works identically in LDA and IMAP. So I \
wonder what your patch does.

Of course in IMAP a mail deletion is often a copy+mark as deleted with the expunge \
happening sometimes later.


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