On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:51:18PM +0000, Richard Gilbert wrote: > We have been happily running cyrus-imap 2.2.12 on a Solaris 10 system > (installed from Blastwave) for years. I now have a problem with a > user's quota which I don't understand. > > Usage as reported by cyradm lq, lqr and by the equivalent IMAP query all > report that the user is at 78% but when they login, after selecting a > folder they get a "Mailbox is over quota" error. > > The user's quota file in /var/imap/quota contained: > > 3604871753 > 4500000 > > The actual filestore in use is consistent with the 3.6 GB usage figure > above. I tried running quota -f on the mailbox but that did not make > any difference. I deleted the quota file and this had the effect of > disabling quotaing for the user. This would appear to be a workaround > for the user but not really a satisfactory solution. > > The 4.5 GB quota was subsequently reinistated. Initially the quota file > contained > > 2285158 > 4500000 > > which looks like the amount of mail received after the quota was > reinstated. After running quota -f it went back to a similar number as > before, equivalent to 78% usage, but still with the "Mailbox is over > quota" error. > > How can I correct this problem? > > Thank you in anticipation. > > Richard Is Cyrus 2.2.x able to handle quotas over what can be stored in an integer? That certainly seems to be the about the typical size that 32-bit OS systems start having problems. I know that they fixed such a problem, but you would need to check the change logs for when and in which versions. Good luck. Regards, Ken ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
