Hi;
This section is descibed in the documents as well as I copy here:
Mail Delivery Behavior
Normally, in order for a message to be inserted into a mailbox, the
quota root for the mailbox must have enough unused storage so that
inserting the message will not cause the block quota to go over the
limit.
Mail delivery is a special case. In order for a message to be delivered
to a mailbox, the quota root for the mailbox must not have usage that
is over the limit. If the usage is not over the limit, then one message
may be delivered regardless of its size. This puts the mailbox's usage
over the quota, causing a user to be informed of the problem and
permitting them to correct it. If delivery were not permitted in this
case, the user would have no practical way of knowing that there was
mail that could not be delivered.
If the usage is over the limit, then the mail delivery will fail with a
temporary error. This will cause the delivery system to re-attempt
delivery for a couple of days (permitting the user time to notice and
correct the problem) and then return the mail to the sender.
Hope it to be useful;
-- Sbnm
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:14:06 +0200
> From: Joerg Spilker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Mails delivered to "over quota" mailboxes just disappear
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> Hello,
>
> what should happen when sendmail delivers a mail via
> /usr/cyrus/bin/deliver to a mailbox which is over qouta. In my
> opinion, deliver should reject the message. But it seems to me that
> this doesn´t happen. sendmail just stats "mailer=cyrus, stat=send" but
> the mail just disappears.
>
> What could be wrong?
>
> Greetings, Joerg
