[Dovecot] how quotas works with postfix and dovecot

[Nick Rosier]

Wilberth Pérez wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> any one knows, how i could edit dovecot to assign user quotas ?
>
> I have now configured my dovecot.conf on this way:
>
>
> protocol imap  {
>                 listen = *:143
>                 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
>                }
>
> protocol pop3  {
>                 listen = *:110
>                 mail_plugins = quota
>                }
>
>
> plugin {
>
> quota = fs:INBOX:mount=/
> quota_warning = storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95
>
>
> }
>
> however when a test my quota:
>
>
> quota -v user1
>
> Disk quotas for user1 (uid 107):
> Filesystem *usage* *quota*  limit    timeleft  files  quota  limit    
> timeleft
> /var/mail      16911  10240  20480 NOT STARTED     49   1000   1500
>
>
>  dovecot or postfix (i don't know who really should sendme the 
> messsage) never sendme an quota warning
>
> someone knows what happen ? 
What version of Dovecot are you using? You have no quota_rule specified. 
If using 1.1 or higher, check out this page: 
http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/1.1

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