[Dovecot] few questions about 1.1*

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Fri Oct 26 17:12:08 EEST 2007


On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 11:42 +0200, Daniel wrote:
> I'm testing 1.1, and have some questions.
> (How) Can I override the default maildir++ quota setting (I mean 
> quota_rule) in the userdb, so that one won't have quota at all. Right 
> now I'm setting a very high limit in the userdb with 
> quota_rule=*:storage=99G in the extra field.

storage=0

> Prior to 1.1 I was using 1.0 and had fs quota. I've had set up dovecot 
> so that the indexes were stored on another partition where there were 
> no fs quotas for the users. Now I'm trying to use maildir++ quota, and 
> wondering if there is still any use of keeping the index files on a 
> separate partition.

Probably not, although if it's in a separate disk you might get better
performance.

> This will be maybe a bit stupid, but do I still need the quota plugin to 
> be loaded in the protocol {imap,pop3,lda} sections if I'm using the 
> above mentioned new 1.1 maildir++ quota?

Yes, quota support exists only in the quota plugin so it needs to be
loaded.

> Furthermore, will deliver be aware of the new quota system?

Yes (or not specifically, because it's all handled in generic mail
handling code).

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