Re: Email suggestions
On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:20:07 +0000
Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@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
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