I'm new to Dovecot, using 1.1.8 and I just wanted to verify that what I am observing is the intended behavior. I'm using Maildir++ quota. When a message is delivered to a mailbox that cannot accept the message because it would place them over the quota limit, deliver states to the MTA that the messsage was delivered successfully (example using postfix):
Jan 17 12:05:31 msa postfix/pipe[13983]: 088C5B9D47: to=test@example.com, relay=dovecot, delay=0.72, delays=0.34/0.02/0/0.36, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service)
But in actuality the mail is discarded (dropped). Then a bounce is created stating the mail was rejected:
Your message to test@example.com was automatically rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full).
Question: is it possible (without changing code) to alter this to where deliver would instead tempfail or something. Somehow it seems wrong to me to tell the MTA that everything is good, and then silently discard messages - regardless of the fact dovecot creates a bounce. This is not necessarily ideal either, but I _am_ wondering if this is configurable or not.
deliver(test@example.com): 2009-01-17 12:05:31 Info: msgid=1293474859.20090117120812@example.com: save failed to INBOX: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(test@example.com): 2009-01-17 12:05:31 Info: sieve runtime error: Keep: Generic Error deliver(test@example.com): 2009-01-17 12:05:31 Error: sieve_execute_bytecode(/var/sieve/global.sievec) failed deliver(test@example.com): 2009-01-17 12:05:31 Info: msgid=1293474859.20090117120812@example.com: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(garyv@example.com): 2009-01-17 12:05:31 Info: msgid=dovecot-1232219131-401523-0@msa: saved mail to INBOX
-- Gary V