On 10.10.2011, at 2.18, Alexandre Chapellon wrote:
I think by using dovecot quota you can exclude some directories from the quota (e.g: spam or Trahs or whatever you like).
No, it's filesystem quota so Dovecot can't override it.
More specificly it is better using dovecot quota as it will allow LDA to report quota exceeded in NDR . If using filesystem quota, I guess you'll send ugly messages reporting IO error or enability too write file, which is really not serious.
The error message is only slightly different: "Not enough disk space" (instead of "Quota exceeded")
So, what do I get by using the Dovecot Quota/FS plugin? Is it just a matter of it counting used space? Something else? Better handling of out of space?
With imap_quota plugin it allows IMAP client to see how much quota is used/left. You could also enable quota warnings. And configure the quota exceeded error message.