On 2014-05-10 11:43, Julius wrote:
> Hello opensmtpd-misc!
> 
> If there is less than 5% of disk space left, OpenSMTP rejects messages. That
> is a compile-time/in-source constant. The restriction is simple to remove
> from smtpd/queue_fs.c but I want to know what the big idea behind this is.
> Mail is very precious, even the output from cronjobs, which will be directly
> lost in such a situation.
> 
> 
> More Info:
> 
> I'm running opensmtpd on my NAS where the var-partition is close to full.
> All mail is relayed, so I find the restriction especially annoying. Also, at
> 5%, I still have 200GB of space left. I could store 100 000 000 of the
> average mail that machine handles.
> 
> Mai 10 11:15:58 micpi1 smtpd[559]: smtp-in: New session 5fc97cda452fbcee
> from host 0@localhost [local] Mai 10 11:15:59 micpi1 smtpd[551]: warn: not
> enough disk space: 4% left Mai 10 11:15:59 micpi1 smtpd[551]: warn:
> temporarily rejecting messages Mai 10 11:15:59 micpi1 smtpd[559]: smtp-in:
> Failed command on session 5fc97cda452fbcee: "MAIL FROM:<b
> Mai 10 11:15:59 micpi1 smtpd[559]: smtp-in: Closing session 5fc97cda452fbcee
> 
> Julius
> 
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Indeed, 5% seems a bit arbitrary. It can be 50MiB, or 50GiB.
Maybe something like min(5%, 200MiB) would be a bit more flexible.
(200MiB is completely arbitrary; something else can be chosen).

Also, maybe email incoming from the "mail" command (that's what cron
uses, right?), can have a *slightly* lower limit, so as not to reject
it's messages as quickly. I'll never notice I'm under 5% if I don't
get cron's daily output.

-- 
Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
A: No, it doesn't make sense.
Q: Should I include quotations *after* my reply?

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