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From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Quota for /usr and mail
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:41:50 -0600
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin
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Mury wrote:
> 
> Why doesn't sendmail abide by the quota set for an individual?  I have
> my users' quotas set for 5MB on the mail server, but sendmail will
> keep dumping mail in there until the disk fills.
> 
> Am I missing something?  If not, is there a way to add some tool like
> procmail to keep sendmail in check?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Mury
> GoldenGate IS
> mury@goldengate.net

I don't know...but that is the trick I use to store more than my
quota on one of my university accounts ;)

Ian Fink
fink@arlut.utexas.edu