lmpt/quota behaviour

[Christos Soulios]

Indeed, lmtpd checks for the quota immediately on delivery. There should 
be no delay in updating for the quota change.

Christos



Ken Murchison wrote:
> Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I'm running a test setup and today I tried setting the quota for a 
>> mailbox below the current size of it to see what happened.
>>
>> No surprise, lmpt started responding "452 4.2.2 Over quota" as it should.
>>
>> Then I increased the quota again so that there were plenty of room, 
>> waited for the 452 response to go away but it did not. After an hour I 
>> restarted the lmtp process and the account accepted mail again.
>>
>> Q: How long should it normally take for lmtp to see the changes? The 
>> change TO "Over quota" was registered instantly but the not the 
>> opposite apparently. Can this time be adjusted?
> 
> 
> I believe lmtpd should be checking the quota for each RCTP TO that it 
> receives, but I'd have to check.  It *should* see the change immediately.
> 
> 
>>
>> I know the test scheme was perhaps not a real world one but should not 
>> an account be able to accept mail more or less immideately after the 
>> quota is fixed?
>>
>> 2.2.10 with patches from UOA.
>>
>> Thanks,
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