autocreate: why do I need autocreatequota?

[Andreas Hasenack]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 12:39:02PM -0400, Chris Hilts wrote:
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> Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> > Regarding the autocreate patches, did I missread the documentation or do
> > I need to set a default quota for an user? Why can't I just give these
> > autocreated mailboxes unlimited quota?
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> I'd say you misread the documentation.  If you want unlimited quota and
> autocreate enabled, try a negative number.
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> - From man imapd.conf:
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> autocreatequota: 0
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> If nonzero, normal users may create their  own  IMAP  accounts  by
>        creating  the mailbox INBOX.  The user's quota is set to the
> value            if it is positive, otherwise the user has unlimited quota.

Great, many thanks for clearing this up :)