On 2/20/06, Tonix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/18/06, Rick Macdougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Muhammad Naeem wrote: > >> > Now there is another issue and that is lets suppose that i have a > >> user whose mailbox size is 1MB and if i send a test email to that > >> account containing an attachment of 1.5MB means more than the size > >> of its mailbox the mail gets deferred and stuck in the qmail queue > >> and qmail logs it: > >> > > >> > 2006-02-18 11:15:00.290014500 delivery 7: deferral: > >> > user_is_over_quota//usr/local/bin/maildrop:_Unable_to_open_mailbox./ > >> > > >> > what i want is to return this oversize email to sender immediately > >> with a message like "user is over quota" > >> > > >> > I don't know how to implement this, i will be obliged if you can > >> help me out in this regard. > >> > > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> You can use the CHKUSER_MBXQUOTA variable. Example below > >> > >> :allow,QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/simscan",CHKUSER_MBXQUOTA="97" > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Rick > >> > > > > Yes i am already using this line in my /etc/tcp.smtp but the mail is not > > returned immediately to the sender infact it gets queued and qmail keeps > > on trying to deliver it in the mailbox until the queuelifetime expired.I > > want to send it back immediately. My /etc/tcp.smtp line is: > > > > :allow,QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue",CHKUSER_MBXQUOTA="95" > > > > I am using CHKUSER_MBXQUOTA="95" the mail will be returned to the > > sender during smtp negotiation if the user's mailbox is already 95% full > > and if lets say the mailbox is 70% full and the total mailbox size is > > 1MB and i send a mail of size 500KB to that mailbox the mail will be > > queued and returned to the sender after the expiry of > > queuelifetime. > > > > I hope i have clear the situation. > > Yes. As the patch is now, no way. > > Problem is to handle a big message when there are more recipients. > When there is one recipient only, I could set the acceptable message size > to the remaining user space. But what to do when there are more > recipients? > > I cannot refuse a message for one user if the other has enough space. > > Any comment is welcome. > > Tonino > > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards > > Naeem > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > La tua posta elettronica senza virus su UfficioPostale.IT > Your virus free electronic mail on UfficioPostale.IT > > >
I am not talking about the multiple recipients, what is the workable option for a single user. How to set the acceptable message size to the remaining user space, does it need to be worked out or is there any patch already available somewhere. Thanks for your help. Regards Naeem
