On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 6:34 PM Phil Pennock via Exim-users < exim-users@exim.org> wrote:
> On 2019-08-14 at 12:24 -0400, Phil Pennock via Exim-users wrote: > > On 2019-08-14 at 12:54 +0100, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: > > > Do we need a fast/poor quota method for cases where the size-file > > > cannot be used? > > > > Just to raise the possibility to see if others can spot approaches which > > make this feasible rather than a giant can of worms: direct support for > > filesystem quotas in Exim, using soft limits set to match Dovecot's. > > This was a stupid suggestion on my part. > > In any sort of spool delivery system like this, one OS runtime user is > used and owns all the files. OS quotas won't help at all. This is > _why_ Exim supports other quota systems. > > Yes, but OS quotas _do_ help in the case where mail is owned by a specific Unix user ID. Additionally, there may be group quotas. -- Jan -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
