On 5/22/2007 Charles Marcus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Now, obviously, this would all have to be configurable (I'm guessing this would all live in the Quota Plugin - or maybe it would be an alternate Quota plugin) - off by default, etc...
Also, let me be clear... I am not the 'sys admin from hell'... what I am talking about are corporate situations where corporate policy *requires* quotas, and requires that they be enforced.
Personally I don't like quotas - but, I do understand the reasons for them. I have one client that has users who regularly email themselves 25+MB messages with pictures of their kids, new house, dog licking himself - and end up with 5+GB of email, most of which is crap like this. Multiply this user times 50, or 100, or 1000 - and backups become really unwieldy, just so Jim can keep 5GB of pictures of his dog in his email.
So, of *course* you would have rules in place to deal with the genuine situation where someone needs more storage, and you allow for this.
But, if this FR were implemented (or even implementable), at least the users would have consistent, meaningful instructions that are automatically provided if/when they go over quota. Your over-quota status message could also inform them of the procedure for requesting additional storage.
-- Best regards, Charles
