> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:59:54 -0500 (EST) > From: Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Kirk wrote: > > > Hi am new to the club. > > There seems to be a problem when someone's account that is using > > our email server hits 50MB > > Is there a way to make it so that there is no limit? > > Yes, but as Qpopper has to scan the mailbox each time the user logs in, > A 50Mb inbox may take so long to process before presenting anything back > tot he client that the client may present a timeout message to the user.
Actually, if you have popper in 'server' mode with a temp-drop-dir set to something other than the spool dir, enable-cache-dir set to something else also (usually the same as temp-drop-dir), service is vastly improved - even for those users that have large mail files... A gotcha though is that most mail clients will 'forget' about messages that are too large to download over dial-up connections (popper presents the info one time about the message, the MUA (mail user agent) 'forgets about the particular message, and popper never presents the mail as being unread again.) Thus 'large' messages will tend to accumulate in the spool... Which degrades service in the long run... To delete these types of messages, you have to use something like 'pine' or any other IMAP MUA. Regards, Gregory Hicks > > Most mail clients only allow 60 seconds at session startup. With big > mailboxes, this isn't enough. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3479 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ignorance or stupidity. Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
