Block public namespace mail when quota exceeded

Steffen Kaiser skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de
Thu Feb 25 07:25:07 UTC 2016


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On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, Chris wrote:

> is it possible to temporarily reject mails, when quota of public namespace
> subfolder is exceeded? I'd check folder size with a cronjob.

How does the MTA know that the message is filed into a public namespace?

> Dovecot is using a system user, so I guess blocking post and insert in ACL
> isn't a solution?

you mean users drop messages via Sieve script there? Yes, removing post 
and insert is a solution, but the message is still excepted by the MTA and 
generates a DSN if not resolved in a time.

> I don't want to set the folder to read-only, that users can still delete
> mails.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> - Chris
>

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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