Mail quota Problem

[krishol]

hello,
I m a new user of ISPConfig, rite now i m facing one problem

1. I have assigned total web space of 5 MB for a website, but when i try to assign 6 MB for a mailbox, the error message "The selected diskspace exceeds site's limits." appear.
What is that problem... plz help me ...it's urgent....

Now what i want to do is...
I want to have seperate space for mail box (ie. outside the web space) and assign 5 MB for each mailbox.
So to do that... what i have to do.... i need step by step solution....

Thank you in advance...

Krishol

[falko]

You cannot assign more space to a mailbox than your web has. If you want to have 6 mailboxes with 5 MB each, then you need at least 30 MB of web space.

[krishol]

well,
1. can't i have seperate space for mail box???
2. I have a minimum hosting package of 2 MB but if my client ask for the 5 MB mail box, then what i should do..???
3. ok if i assign 20 MB for a web and i have 4 mail box, does it (mail box and web) shares the same space.

Thank you

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/m..._src.htm#4_6_1

[krishol]

ya i already read it ... not only once, but more then 5 times but i can't understand actually what does it mean... may be my english is not too good... hahaha
so can you please simplify that....another reason i dont have much more knowledge on unix

thank you

[falko]

I don't know how to explain it better.
What's in your /etc/fstab?

[krishol]

Originally Posted by krishol

well,
1. can't i have seperate space for mail box???
2. I have a minimum hosting package of 2 MB but if my client ask for the 5 MB mail box, then what i should do..???
3. ok if i assign 20 MB for a web and i have 4 mail box, does it (mail box and web) shares the same space.

well i think my qu. makes u to feel like boring.
now can you tell me "can i configure what i have told" ie. mailquota outside the webspace and each mail quota is 5 MB.
plz it's very urgent.. now can u please tell me....can i configure in that way or not..??

Thankx in advance

[till]

Originally Posted by krishol

1. can't i have seperate space for mail box???

Yes.

Prerequesites:

1) You must use mbox and not maildir mail storage format and a pop3 / imap daemon that supports mbox.
2) Linux sytem quota must be disabled for the /var partition or at least for /var/spool/mail

2. I have a minimum hosting package of 2 MB but if my client ask for the 5 MB mail box, then what i should do..???
3. ok if i assign 20 MB for a web and i have 4 mail box, does it (mail box and web) shares the same space.

If your System fullfills the prerequesites from 1), disable the maildir checkbox in ISPConfig under management > server > settings and you will be able to set web and mailquota independantly for each user account.

Drawbacks: mbox format is not really scalabale and stable on accounts that receive many emails.

[rafaelenrike]

I want to do the same as krishol wants... If I disable /var quotas, who manages the email quota for the email?. Is the Mail Quota parameter inside ISPConfig enough to limit this mailspace for the user? or do I have to modify some configuration file by hand?

Thanks

[falko]

Do you use Maildir or mbox format for your emails?