On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:20:07 +0000 Bonno Bloksma <b.blok...@tio.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > >>> sure they create archive mail folders AND move the mail to those > >>> folders once the mail is read.... you will end up with mail on > >>> the server. > >> > >> Yes, and that's what concerns me. I don't know exactly how my > >> users manage their inboxes. If they're as bad as I am, the > >> required space can easily get out of hand :) > >> > > You could enforce a quota policy. Dovecot implements it, and it > > looks quite easy to setup: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota > > I do not know if dovecot can do it but this is one place where the > Exchange server has a good way of dealing with it. It has 2 qouta > levels. The first will prevent you from sending any more mails until > you clean up your mailbox but.... it will still allow you to receive > mail. So you will not lose any mail. The second level will also stop > receiving mails, which is usually there to make sure that there IS a > limit to the mailbox, at work we have it set at double the first > limit. Exchange (which we use at work) is not my favorite mailserver > in many cases but this is one feature that I really like. > This is a job for the SMTP MTA rather than the IMAP access server. I don't know exim4 well enough to do this, but it looks possible: http://serverfault.com/questions/363016/exim-dovecot-user-over-quota-reject-on-send It may be that an exim4 forum would be a good place to search/ask. Exim4 does have its own quota enforcement, but it does prevent reception rather than sending. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130606201911.47b5f...@jretrading.com
