lmpt/quota behaviour

[Ken Murchison]

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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