On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Edwin wrote:
> When there's no quota on tmpdrop the mail will be copied, no problem.
> The mail received in the mailbox will cause the total to be over the users
> quota so mail won't be copied back to the mailbox.
> Any new mail will be excepted because the mailbox hasn't exceeded the
> quota (although added to the amount of space of the popdrop it does).
>
> Putting both mailspool and tmpdrop on the same volume with the same quota
> won't solve the problem because a user exceeding quota won't be able to
> pop the mail.
>
> Any solutions/suggestions would be appreciated.
Linux quotas have soft and hard limits.
Set the hard limit to at least twice the soft limit and the problem
won't occur.
AB
