[Dovecot] Quota + Sieve

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Linux Advocate wrote:

> A. Sieve
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> With the imap filters in thunderbird, do i need to use sieve in dovecot? my initial observations/ findings say "no"?

Thunderbird filters work in the client, not server.
If you want to filter before the client has seen or downloaded the 
message, you need Sieve.

> B. Quota
> .............
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> If i have not set quota in dovecot  or postfix ( no quota related configuration ), may i then assume, the users have "unlimited storage" , limited only by the hardware/filesystem?
>
> I would like to have this feature ( just like unlimited storage in yahoo ) and just have a cron script running regularly to delete old emails ( for middle level, low level  users ). Is such a strategy ok?

This is completely up to you :)

It depends on you user base, how they react upon "delete old mails". I 
wouldn't do so.

Bye,

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Steffen Kaiser
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