Rejecting (5XX) instead of deferring (4XX) message for over-quotamailboxes with LMTP?

[Ken Murchison]

Wil Cooley wrote:
> 
> Running 2.0.16/17 (upgrading), Red Hat Linux 7.3, Postfix 1.1.7.
> 
> My Postfix mail server maintains a huge queue of deferred messages
> delivered to Cyrus through LMTP because LMTP responds with a '451 4.2.2
> Over quota' message when the user is over-quota.  Is there any way to
> make lmtpd respond with a 5XX message to reject the messages?  I haven't
> found anything in imapd.conf(5) or lmtpd(8)
> 
> This would make my queue more manageable and users wouldn't get the
> impression that their messages take a long time to deliver, and in most
> cases, I think my users would fix the problem sooner because they would
> be contacted by other means.
> 
> Hm... Looking at the docs in 2.1.12, I see 'lmtp_overquota_perm_failure:
> no' in doc/imapd.conf.5.html--is this my only option?

Yup.  Either upgrade to 2.1 or backport this option to 2.0.

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