moving message on nearly full mailbox with IMAP

[Chris Hilts]

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> If i have a Mailbox with 5MB quota, there is 4.9MB in use and i want to
> move one message with 1 MB from one folder to another, cyrus gives me an
> error message that says i'm "over quota". Why does moving a message need
> space in the mailbox, i don't want to copy it but to move.

Because there is no such thing as a move when you're using IMAP.  It's
copy, then delete.  You don't have enough quota remaining for two
instances of that message at once, therefor the "move (copy then delete)"
fails.

For more details, see RFC 3501.

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Chris Hilts
chilts at birdbrained.org
Say it with flowers - send them a triffid.
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