Date: 12 Jan 2004 11:29:48 -0500 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> To: Greg Bernard <bsd@todoo.biz> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Other ways than quotas to limit mail files size ?? Message-ID: <u2sr7y52kqr.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <BC276F8C.2330A%bsd@todoo.biz> References: <BC276F8C.2330A%bsd@todoo.biz>
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Greg Bernard <bsd@todoo.biz> writes: > Is there another way to limit the amount of space occupied by mail files on > a per user basis using another method than quotas ? > > I would like to limit the amount of space available for each user's e.mail > so e.mail file size will not go crazy. > > > Thanks for your advices... > I've never tried this, but it should work: set up a vn(4) disk of the right size, and arrange for the user's spool to be on its mountpoint. See vnconfig(8) for setup examples. -- Dan Pelleg
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