--On 6 December 2006 12:41:42 +0000 Chris Lightfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:37:08PM +0000, Ian Eiloart wrote: >> --On 6 December 2006 12:26:12 +0000 Chris Lightfoot >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >> > context. Under normal circumstances a retry will >> > (eventually) succeed, because the user will reduce their >> > disk usage to get back under quota. >> >> But, we're not describing normal circumstances. We're describing a >> situation where the user has been given a period of time to do this, and >> hasn't. Perhaps they've died. > > you might be, but I'm not! I have seen a number of sites > (mostly admittedly running Exchange) where sending to > given (living) users alternates between successful > completion and 5xx over-quota errors on a timescale of > hours to days. > > (Investigation suggests in the case I'm thinking of that > this is a consequence of miserly quotas and high mail > volumes.) > Right, and in those circumstances 5xx is probably a bit silly. Nobody's arguing that 5xx is always appropriate. We're just arguing that in some circumstances it might be. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
