[Dovecot] maildir++ quota bug...

[Dumitru Negara]

Joseph W. Breu wrote:
>
>
> Running RC2 with maildrop and MDA:
>
> dovecot writes a positive quota count, then the negative quota count
> on messages delivered with maildrop.
>
> For example,
>
> message #1 arrives via maildrop:
>       4488236            1
>
> message is deleted via dovecot:
> 4488236 1
> -4488236 -1
>
>
> This does not happen when the user accesses the message, only when it
> is deleted.
>
>
> The user never gets credit for deleting the file and their quota
> continues to grow.
>
>
> I did not notice this behaviour until now, but I just tested with rc1 
> and it is present there as well.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Joseph W. Breu, CCNA              phone : +1.319.268.5228
> Senior Network Administrator        fax : +1.319.266.8158
> Cedar Falls Utilities              cell : +1.319.493.1686
> support: +1.319.268.5221         url : http://www.cfu.net
>
>

I'm running RC2 for almost 10 days now on few servers and Maildir++ 
quota works fine.
You probably need to expunge your mailbox. If messages are not expunged, 
they are still in the mailbox marked as deleted and are counted for quota.

Regards,
Dumitru