On Monday 28 July 2003 06:45, tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote: > At 26/07/03 26/07/03 -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote: > >On Saturday 26 July 2003 06:55, eti wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there any new version of the pooled quota patch that would work > > > with a newer wersion of qmaiadmin (1.0.24-1.0.25). > > > >There is a new domain quota patch that actually ships with the newer > > vpopmail devel versions (and I think with the newer qmailadmin devel > > versions too), but it doesn't play nice with Maildir++ apps. > > About six months ago I way saying that actual "domain quote" code is not > usable in a production environment with mixed products, and I was heavily > attacked. Happy to see opinions have changed.
:) Yeah, I've been attacked a few times myself. I've looked at the code though, and it's definately not usable. It's even got a few really bad bugs. And I'm not even a professional programmer. My primary job description is Systems Administrator. If *I* can see these flaws, then they're REALLY obvious. > > >Basically, if you want to use anything but vpopmail to deliver or modify > > your mail, it won't work. > > > >There was a pooled quota patch against 1.0.6 that was less sophisticated, > > but actually played nice with Maildir++ apps. However, I don't think it > > has been reworked > >for the newer development versions of qmailadmin. > > I didn't do any new version. The one I produced at that time was ready to > be merged with the current (at that time) qmailadmin, but has not even be > considered by qmailadmin responsable. I've still not upgraded my version > because I did not need to do it, and now I'm curious to see how qmailadmin > is evolving before I lose time on re-coding on the last version. > > > > The ideea is great and i > > > don't understand why it has not been already integrated in qmailadmin. > > > >The old 1.0.6 patch was a hack, at best. > > It was not an hack. It was an analytic answer to a need. Deeply analized, > and shorlty coded. The fact it may be easy to code does not make a work > less important, if you are used to keep analysis at the right place. You're right. It wasn't a hack. It was compatible with maildir++ apps, so I'll admit that it's better thought out than the current implementation. [...] > >The new patch which ships with the latest vpopmail devel versions (the one > >that > >doesn't play nice with Maildir++ apps) is much more sophisticated. It > >allows totally > >dynamic, pooled quota allocation under the master domain quota limit, as > >well as > >individual user quotas within that master domain quota. However, as I > >mentioned > >above, the design is fatally flawed in that it does not work with > >maildir++ apps. > > Patch looks more sophisticated because there's a lot of coding, but starts > from a wrong analysis, so it cannot be used reliabilly in a mixed > environment. I meant the intended functionality is more sophisticated. But you're right, it isn't good for much if it doesn't work well in a mixed environment. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
