On 18.4.2012, at 11.22, Cor Bosman wrote: > The trash plugin docs say: > > "Normally if a message can't be saved/copied because it would bring user over > quota, the save/copy fails with "Quota exceeded" error. The trash plugin can > be used to avoid such situations by making Dovecot automatically expunge > oldest messages from configured mailboxes until the message can be saved" > > This leads me to believe that if a message cant be stored, the plugin would > avoid returning a quota error, but instead delete/expunge messages until the > original message can fit, and then complete the command.
Yes. > But I see something different, at least using the plugin in imap (havent > tried it on lmtp). When I drag a message to a folder thats almost full, and > the message doesnt fit, I get an actual quota error: > > 23 uid copy 454343 "Spam" > 23 NO [OVERQUOTA] Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) > > After my client sees this error, I see the trash plugin creating space. But > then it's too late right? The client already has a visible error. Am I just > misunderstanding how the trash plugin is supposed to work? Fixed: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/51b40cffb628
