Orignal Question:
>
>I am trying to figure out how to set up quotas for mail files. I have
>checked the archives and didn't find much. One suggestion was to hack the
>kernel but then a later email said that only worked for v4.0b and no newer
>versions. Another email said to hack the file mail.local in sendmail but
>that was for sendmail v8.8.2 and I'm not sure it will work for v8.11.
>
>I have set quotas on a test account but if I send an email that puts the
>account over quota the mail sits in the mailq with an error, but doesn't
>return any error to the sender. The error in the queue doesn't say anything
>about quota so the average user would have no idea what it meant if it did.
>
>So, how can I set quotas on user email files? Any help would be appreciated.
>
Thanks to:
Pat O'Brien
Stan Horwitz
sysadmin_at_astro.su.se
Dr. Thomas.Blinn
Michael A. Crowley
Chatterjee, Prithwish
Xavier Mertens
The best solution was to use Procmail as the local delivery agent because
it understands quotas. I have tested it and I believe it will work for us.
Paul Crittenden
Computer System Manager
Simpson College
email: crittend_at_simpson.edu
Phone: (515)961-1680
"You don't have to attend every argument you're invited to."
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 15:48:30 NZDT