> why are mails to a user that is overquota not rejected anymore?
In my sendmail.mc (checked a few from 2.5 to 4.2 odd ISO) - they state:
dnl #
dnl # The -t option will retry delivery if e.g. the user runs over his quota.
dnl #
FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl
Notably the -t is missing, so it just fails the delivery if over quota and doesn't
retry. I think this was mentioned on the list a long time ago.
I've not checked what flags/options this sets in sendmail.cf, that file is gobbledegook
to me and my brain starts to rot when I read it. I've whinged a while about updates
being made directly to the sendmail.cf but it still happens sadly :(
Anyways, if you are used to editing your sendmail.mc like myself, just locate the
offending -t and delete it, cd /etc/mail, make - this will remake your sendmail.cf
though so do some backups etc. incase your .mc and .cf are not in sync with updates.
Brett