[Dovecot] POLL: v2.2 to allow one mail over quota?

[Charles Marcus]

On 2013-02-11 5:04 PM, Hungerburg <pch14 at myzel.net> wrote:
> Am 2013-02-11 17:44, schrieb Dennis Guhl:
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 06:56:43AM -0500, Charles Marcus wrote:
>>> On 2013-02-10 8:43 PM, Sven Hartge <sven at svenhartge.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> quota_grace
>>
>> Sounds good for me. In particular the similarity to the disk quotas
>> grace period is blatant.
>
> Not a native english speaker, but quota_grace is very concise and 
> resonates in a way, that makes it easily rememberable: the quota is 
> not enforced in strictness, but handled gracefully. The server for 
> once turns a blind eye to the quota.
>
> Documentation: quota_grace - specify an amount in <units> that a 
> single incoming message may exceed the quota without being rejected. 
> Useful in situations, where ...
>
> *Alternatively* it could also be a binary option: Only start enforcing 
> the quota after the fact, when it is already exceeded. 

True, most systems have limits on the size of an email they will accept, 
which in and of itself would serve as the 'quota_grace' amount...