Maildir++ problem

[Claudio Prono]

Hi to all,

I am semi-new to the dovecot system, but i like it very much for the
versatility of all the system. I have a problem: i am migrating my
servers from postfix with vda patch + courier imap to dovecot. All works
fine, except for one thing: i use Maildir++ format, but i don't know how
to make the file maildirsize into the home of the users. This file is
needed by me becouse i have a script, running every day, checking the
quota status and sending me a mail of the space occuped by every mailbox
on my mailserver. The format of the maildirsize file is like this:

15360000S
12393886 1

How dovecot can generate that file? I have searched into all the
documentation, but i don't find anything... What parameters must be
specified into the config file to generate the maildirsize file?

Thank u in advance, and long life to dovecot ;)

Claudio.


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[Timo Sirainen]

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 17:24 +0200, Claudio Prono wrote:

> Hi to all,
>
> I am semi-new to the dovecot system, but i like it very much for the
> versatility of all the system. I have a problem: i am migrating my
> servers from postfix with vda patch + courier imap to dovecot. All works
> fine, except for one thing: i use Maildir++ format, but i don't know how
> to make the file maildirsize into the home of the users. This file is
> needed by me becouse i have a script, running every day, checking the
> quota status and sending me a mail of the space occuped by every mailbox
> on my mailserver. The format of the maildirsize file is like this:

Enable Maildir++ quota in Dovecot. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota

[Claudio Prono]

I have already done it,

I use dovecot 1.1.3 on OpenSuSE 11.0.

In dovecot.conf there is:

 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap

mail_plugins = quota
  mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3

mail_plugins = quota
  mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda

quota = maildir
 
But no maildirsize file was generated, and if is already present, was
not updated....

Any idea?

Tnx,

Claudio Prono.







Timo Sirainen ha scritto:

> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 17:24 +0200, Claudio Prono wrote:
>  
>> Hi to all,
>>
>> I am semi-new to the dovecot system, but i like it very much for the
>> versatility of all the system. I have a problem: i am migrating my
>> servers from postfix with vda patch + courier imap to dovecot. All works
>> fine, except for one thing: i use Maildir++ format, but i don't know how
>> to make the file maildirsize into the home of the users. This file is
>> needed by me becouse i have a script, running every day, checking the
>> quota status and sending me a mail of the space occuped by every mailbox
>> on my mailserver. The format of the maildirsize file is like this:
>>    
>
> Enable Maildir++ quota in Dovecot. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota
>
>  

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Via San Bernardino, 17 - 10137 Torino (TO) - IT
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[Timo Sirainen]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Claudio Prono wrote:

> I have already done it,
>
> I use dovecot 1.1.3 on OpenSuSE 11.0.
>
> In dovecot.conf there is:
>
> mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
> mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
>
> mail_plugins = quota
>  mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
>
> mail_plugins = quota
>  mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda
>
> quota = maildir

Looks ok.

> But no maildirsize file was generated,

It's not generated if you haven't told Dovecot what the quota limits  
are. In that case it uses the quota limits from maildirsize file, and  
if it's not present then Dovecot assumes you don't want any quota (or  
quota tracking).

If you don't want quota limits but only tracking, you could upgrade to  
1.1.4 and set:

quota_rule = *:

>  and if is already present, was not updated....

It should have. If the above doesn't help, set mail_debug=yes and show  
what the logs say.