deleted user, but quota remains

[Dan White]

On 08/11/11 08:50 -0500, Shelley Waltz wrote:
>I just noticed in my log files (cyrus-imapd-2.3.7 on redhat el5) that a user I removed
>a while ago(using cyradm), still has a /var/lib/imap/quota/k/user.kname file.  I am using
>quotalegacy.  All of the account is gone, but for this.  My cron job which uses ipurge
>spews error messages about the missing folder.
>
>It it  possible to just remove the quota file for the user or do I need to do some other
>magic?  Also, why did this file remain, this has not happened before.

This briefly discusses how to remove a quotaroot for a mailbox, when using
quotalegacy:

http://www.cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.4.12/overview.php#recoveryquotasrm

Since that user's mailbox hierarchy no longer exists, I assume quota -f can
be safely skipped.

-- 
Dan White