Date:  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:28:40 -0800
From:  "Ken Marcus -  Precision Web Hosting" <kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04202] Re: Should be set user account - hard quota to double?
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> Hi,
>
> Since another partition serving as non-quota temporary mail spool,
> a normal mailbox will be copied over to mail spool.
>
>
> Therefore the actual quota needed will be more than actual quota.
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> Why?
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> While the qpopper is serving - user popping mails, New mails will enter 
> the mailboxes and
> qpopper session will not be able to secure the required space in user 
> quota to write back the remaining mails from the mail spool.
>
>
> I am suggestion we set the linux hard quota x2 of actual quota.
>
> eg: patricko's 1MB mailbox
>
> Disk quotas for user patricko (uid 1604):
> Filesystem              blocks       soft       hard    inodes     soft 
> hard
> /dev/sda8               26716        1025       2048         9        0 
> 0
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>
> I think by doing so, mail grossly overquota maildrop - lock issue will be 
> lessen!?
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> Request for comment.
> Thanks
>


I think that would be good.


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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net