[Dovecot] How to change dovecot's bounce message

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Dec 20 19:09:11 EET 2007


On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 20:50 +0100, Markus Reymann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using the quota plugin of dovecot. Dovecot is running as LDA for postfix.
> 
> When the system is running into the quota limit, the bounce message reads as 
> follows:
> 
> > Your message was automatically rejected by Dovecot Mail Delivery Agent.
> 
> > The following reason was given:
> > Quota exceeded
> 
> Can I somehow change this message, to make it more userfriendly? Postfix has a 
> possibilty to change the bounce_template_file.

Dovecot v1.1 allows modifying it, but for v1.0 you'd have to modify the
sources. Since v1.0.4 the error message has been better though:

Your message to <user at domain.org> was automatically rejected:
Quota exceeded

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