qpopper first copies the mails to a cache for a session, for example (it depends on your configuration):
/var/spool/mail (your mails) /var/cache/qpopper (qpopper's cache; NOT DEFAULT) the important thing: in that period you need twice as much disk space. so it exceeds the quotas. the solution: cache the mails on another partition/harddisk or upgrade to version 4 (take a look at the manual, page 40 "enabling server mode"). On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at 04:21 , Dan Yost wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Please forgive me if this question has already been answered, and feel > free to point me to the appropriate place for that answer--I've searched > the newsgroups, the web, Qualcomm's site, and just about everywhere else, > but all I can find is the same *question* with no acceptable > *answer*...so here it goes. > > I'm running Red Hat 7.0 and Qpopper 3.1. I have disk quotas turned on > for my POP users. Yesterday, I noticed that one user was getting an > error message in the maillog: > > ---snip--- > mypopuser at mydomain.com (x.x.x.x): -ERR [SYS/TEMP] Unable to copy mail > spool file, quota exceeded (122) > > > This definitely caught my attention because I just finished writing a > whole utility to send warnings when quota soft limits are breached, and I > should receive a copy of the warnings. I checked, and sure enough, the > soft limit was *almost* reached but not yet. After searching the Net, it > seems clear that this has to do with Qpopper doing a chown while copying > the mail spool file, and I've learned that soft limit grace periods are > [somehow!] ignored. Hence, the operation fails immediately instead of > initiating a grace period. This is definitely unacceptable. The only > solutions I've seen put forth are to turn off quotas or put the spool > temp files in a partition that is not under quota restrictions. This is > not entirely unreasonable, but it is not possible right now in my setup. > Does *anybody* have any other solution here, to get Qpopper/the OS to > honor the grace period during the pop operation? Any help is greatly > appreciated. FYI, upgrading Qpopper *may* be a possibility, but I'd > rather not (won't bore you with the details). > > Many TIA, > Dan > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Dan Yost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Proverbs 1:7 > http://tri8.com > > Tri-8, Inc. "Pro Christo et Regno" > 820 S. Main, Suite 2000 Voice: 405.377.3888 > Stillwater, OK 74074 FAX: 405.533.1136 > --------------------------------------------------- >
