[Dovecot] dbox and quota question

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 14:10 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> >> i only wanna use the qutoas out of sql crated by 
> >> postfixadmin
> > 
> > What does this mean? Does it create the maildirsize files? Can't you
> > have Dovecot look up the limits from SQL itself in user_query?
> 
> sorry i was unclear here,
> quotas are created from http postfixadmin gui in a sql table
> which i like to use with dbox.
> It works nice with maildir as documented
> 
> I thought somehow workaround dbox quota with a dict quota sql...
> but as i understood examples with dict ,it should be used to update 
> static quotas to a sql table , not read dynamic quotas out of sql
> ( am i right here? )

Yes, dict quota is about keeping track of the users' current quota. It
receives the actual quota limits from external settings.

> I think existing quotas in sql could be used
> if dovecot would ignore that no
> maildir storage is used and simply
> interpretes existing maildirsize files, which maybe created out of 
> existing sql quota entries
> ( but thats speculate )

You can of course create a script for yourself that does that, but I
don't think Dovecot should bother trying to do it.
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