On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Tim Tyler wrote: > I can't really go to server mode because we still have shell users.
Actually you can. Server mode is only needed if there's the possibility that a user may be accessing the mailbox via shell (pine, elm, imap, etc) and pop3 at the same time. Or if they may have 2 concurrent pop sessions (think 1 machine at home with "leave mail on server" and one at work either leaving it on the server or clearing the mail) More appropriate locking would nail this reasonably well, the problem really is that it is difficult to lock down. On my (recently deceased) ISP, _all_ users had shells. Only a few ever used them and only a fraction of those ever used shell _and_ pop3 access, let alone simultaneously. > I would like to comment that quota issues have become increasingly more > difficult to manage with everyone sharing music, graphics, videos, etc. Any half decent quota system _must_ send a warning message when the user exceeds the soft quota for a period exceeding 1/10 the grace period, or every time the soft quota is exceeded. Even in server mode, Qpopper can and will still write drop files - specifically if users delete _some_ messages and leave others on the server. AB
