OT: mail server /var/mail

[Sujith Emmanuel]

Hi,

     Thanks for the insights, actually i have quota enabled to /home
but not for /var/mail so even if users exceed quota limit, their mails
stay in /var/mail. How do i enable quotas such that the senders get a
quota exceeded reply mail.

Thanks and Regards
Sujith Emmanuel

On 12/13/06, Martin Hepworth <martinh at solidstatelogic.com> wrote:

> ah yes, UW-imap will keep people's inbox's in /var/spool/mail (or
> whereever the default spool file is) when using imap, any other folders
> get created in the home directory of the user.
>
> Given they login to the server first, might be useful to move people to
> pop3 access then all the email with get moved to their home dirs.
>
> Another thing is get people to delete stuff, move stuff to other folders
> and/or use quota's.
>
> I think this is a common problem for mail-admins the world over, people
> don't know how to process email properly.
>
>
>
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