[mdlug] Quotas. How do they work?

Michael ORourke mrorourke at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 5 21:01:57 EDT 2011


>> One possible solution...
>> Setup a logical volume, and add several terabytes of storage creating an
>> illusion of unlimited email storage.
>> Then when users start to complain that it takes 10 minutes to open their
>> inbox, simply explain that is normal as the computer has to parse 
>> 100,000+
>> emails.   ;-)
>
> Either sadly, or happily, this won't work.  I've tested with a mailbox
> with 150,000 messages.  With a modern version of Cyrus IMAPd & Horde
> Webmail (imp) the folder opens nearly instantly.  With a modern client
> like GNOME's Evolution the folder is available after a brief pause [and
> fills-in on-the-fly] (this assumes you are using an IMAPX provisioned
> account and not Evolutions legacy IMAP provider)
>
Then perhaps you could just lobby for new hardware every 6 months.

Well, it sounds like quotas would be the better way to go.

-Mike 





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