The problem here is that not all SMTP servers tell the receiving server how big the email will be before sending.
1. If the xmail switch you mentioned could enable xmail to drop the connection once the quote was reached, then the sending MTA would just try again because it was dropped mid stream. I don't know if you can bounce an email once you have processed the DATA command. 2. If the xmail switch you mentioned could enable xmail to drop the message after completely receiving it, then that would be ok, but I suppose you could run a filter to check the quota size *after* the msg is received, and that would be the same. The filter could even bounce a message back. I know which one Davide will take. Rob :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shiloh Jennings Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 1:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: Mailbox size As I understand it, XMail is checking to see the mailbox is already over quota before deciding whether or not to accept the new email. It does = not consider whether or not the new email will put the mailbox over. I have received some complaints from end users about this, because they expect = the mailbox quota to not allow the large messages that would put them over = their quota. We have seen some customers with 5MB quota that have received a = 30MB message. They were alarmed that the email server let that happen, and = they were upset because they could not quickly download or delete the = message. Since the message was larger than their 20MB webmail quota, the webmail would not let them delete it. In this case, the webmail was trying to = move the 30MB message to the trash folder within webmail and 30MB was larger = than the 20MB limit, so the webmail software did not allow the message to = move from the inbox to any folder (not even trash). I wish XMail has a = switch regarding quota enforcement, so it could be configured to not allow the large message into a mailbox if that message was going to push the = mailbox over its quota. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Behalf Of Orion Productions Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Mailbox size Hello, I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I searched the list from = 2001 onwards and couldn't find anything. If you configure a mailbox with a size of, let's say, 1MB, and then send = a message to it of, let's say, 5MB, it is still accepted and the mailbox = has become... 6MB in size! Now, this seems to be unacceptable for some of = our users (LOL, they are scared that they would have to pay more for their hosting space I guess :p). So is there a way to alter this behavior? My clients cannot understand = that XMail works that way ;) Or if it can't be done with XMail itself, maybe with the new pre-data filters?! Has anybody come up with a solution to = this problem? Thanks, Fr=E9d=E9ric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
