On 2011-03-14 11:12 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-03-14 10:41:16 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: >> Imo, zero/unlimited is *never* a good idea...
> Why (for mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit)? Because... *unlimited* *anything* is never a good idea... too much room for error. > I assume that the only goal of the limits mailbox_size_limit > and virtual_mailbox_limit was to avoid getting a full disk. > But as said, such limits are mostly ineffective for the maildir > format. So, setting them to zero doesn't change very much, IMHO. Changing *any* setting from its default setting without a good reason is - to sound like a broken record - never a good idea. >> Sounds to me like your best option is to leave everything but >> message_size_limit to their defaults, and set it accordingly. > Yes, after making sure that mailbox_size_limit and > virtual_mailbox_limit have not been modified by the > config file provided by some 3rd-party distribution. In what way is this different from what I said? I didn't say 'the distro's default', I said 'their defaults'... meaning, the defaults as defined by the software's author(s). -- Best regards, Charles
