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List:       vchkpw
Subject:    Re: [vchkpw] quotawarn question
From:       Greg Swift <greg () netops ! gvtc ! com>
Date:       2005-03-24 17:58:25
Message-ID: 4242FFC1.6000900 () netops ! gvtc ! com
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Tom Collins wrote:

> On Mar 24, 2005, at 8:47 AM, Greg Swift wrote:
>
>>> It's not a bug.  Only one warning is sent every 24 hours.  The file 
>>> needs to stay there so that a user who's close to their quota 
>>> doesn't get repeated warnings every time the delete mail and have 
>>> more arrive.
>>
>>
>> actually considering it NEVER removes the quotawarn from the user, I 
>> would personally consider it a bug.  And a rather annoying one 
>> considering I have to go manually remove it else they get the warning 
>> even after emptying their box.
>
>
> The quotawarn file is a 0-byte file stored in the user's directory and 
> is only used to determine the last time an actual warning was sent.  
> I'm not sure I understand why that is a problem.  If the file is over 
> 24 hours old, removing it will have no effect on the behavior of 
> vdelivermail.  If it's less than 24 hours old, the user will get 
> another warning the next time their box goes over 90% full.
>
> If you wanted to, you could add a cron job on your system to find 
> quotawarn files older than 24 hours and delete them, but I don't think 
> there's a need to do so.

Welll.. then it is buggy, because even if their mailbox is not at quota, 
guess what? they still get the message!  This bug was reported to the 
list months ago (back around sept/oct).  If it actually worked the way 
you are specifying, I wouldn't be complaining, but the has been a 
repeatable occurance, and the fix is to delete the quoatawarn file.

-Greg

-Greg
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